General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

3

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Metal body and pedestal, parts/ Bakelite handles and feet/ Glass dial cover

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

38.0 cm

Width

21.5 cm

Height

12.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Domestic Technology

Category

Food processing

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Standard

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Toronto

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Saskatchewan

Period

1930s +/ This example to late 1990s.

Canada

This Canadian-made waffle/toaster/iron combination was purchased by Edna Hotchin in the late 1930s in Regina. She used it to make waffles and peanut butter sandwiches for her children. Before she passed away in 1995, Mrs. Hotchin gave the toaster to her grand-daughter, Kathryn Paquette, the donor. Ms. Paquette used it regularly for about fifteen years, until her children, nervous about the danger this old an appliance represented in the kitchen, forced her to stop using it and gave her a new waffle maker as a gift.

Function

A small appliance used to make waffles and toast.

Technical

The first waffle irons were developed in 1906 by Simplex Electric Heating Co. but the appliance did not become popular among buyers until after WWI. In 1922 the first tray-mounted pedestal models were introduced; the easy to clean tray reduced mess on the kitchen table, and pedestal models were viewed as a more ‘progressive’, neater alternative to leg-mounted models. At the same time, nickel plating was replaced by chrome finishes, which did not tarnish as easily. Waffle/toast combination models appeared on the market in the 1930s, but became very popular in the late 1940s, mostly among large, post-war baby boomer families. The first combination irons were square and plain, but by the early 1950s streamlined models dominated the market. This artefact is a very good example of the early models introduced to the Canadian market in the 1930s.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Indented lettering on underside reads 'STANDARD ELECTRIC MFD. CO./ 110 VOLTS 5 AMPS/ C.S.A. APP NO 5350 CAT NO. 1912/ TORONTO CANADA/ PATENT APPLIED FOR'

Missing

Two plates for making sandwiches

Finish

Chrome plated body and pedestal/ Black handles and feet/ Colourless transparent glass on white dial with red indicator needle/ Grey waffle plates

Decoration

N/A