Dryer, hair
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- OBJECT TYPE
- ELECTRIC/HAND-HELD
- DATE
- 1917–1940
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.0492.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Bersted Mfg. Co.
- MODEL
- 775
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- STEEL DRYER CASE/ SYNTHETIC KNOB/ SYNTHETIC & METAL WORKING PARTS/ WOODEN HANDLE/ SYNTHETIC CORD
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 22.0 cm
- Width
- 18.5 cm
- Height
- 12.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Domestic Technology
- Category
- Toilet article
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Bersted
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- PROBABLY 1930'S
- Canada
-
EXAMPLE OF AN EARLY TYPE OF ELECTRIC HAIR DRYER MADE IN CANADA - Function
-
USED TO REMOVE MOISTURE FROM A PERSON'S HAIR BY MEANS OF VENTILATION & HEAT - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF AN EARLY ELECTRIC HAIR DRYER - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MFG'S PLATE: 'ESKIMO HAIR DRIER/ BERSTED MFG. CO. MODEL 775 VO[?]S 110/ TORONTO CAN 360 WATTS 3.15 AMPS/ H.E.P.C. APP. L.A. 5873'/ STAMPED IN BODY: 'OIL'
- Missing
- none
- Finish
- CASE HAS SHINY CHROME FINISH. TURNED & VARNISHED HANDLE. BLACK & WHITE CORD. BROWN KNOB.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Bersted Mfg. Co., Dryer, hair, between 1917–1940, Artifact no. 1995.0492, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.0492.001/
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