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- OBJECT TYPE
- STEAM
- DATE
- 1945–1955
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.0801.001
- MANUFACTURER
- GENERAL MILLS INC.
- MODEL
- GM 4A
- LOCATION
- Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL, BAKELITE KNOBS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 36.5 cm
- Width
- 14.5 cm
- Height
- 10.3 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Domestic Technology
- Category
- Laundry
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- GENERAL MILLS
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Minnesota
- City
- Minneapolis
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
WHEN ATTACHED TO AN IRON, IT PROVIDES STEAM FOR IRONING CLOTHING & OTHER TEXTILES - Technical
-
THIS ATTACHMENT WAS PRODUCED AT A TIME WHEN STEAM IRONS HAD ONLY RECENTLY BECOME WIDELY AVAILABLE/ COMBINATION STEAM/DRY IRONS WERE NOT AVAILABLE UNTIL THE EARLY 1950'S/ THIS ATTACHMENT WOULD ALLOW SOMEONE TO IRON WITH STEAM WITHOUT BUYING A WHOLE NEW IRON, & ALSO ALLOW THE DRY IRON TOSTILL BE USED ON ITS OWN (3) & (4) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- STAMPED 'Steam/ IRONING/ ATTACHMENT/ CAT. GM 4A/ U.S. PAT. DES. 459391/ OTHERS PEND./ GENERAL MILLS INC./ MINNEAPOLIS, MINN./ MADE IN U.S.A.'/ ON KNOB '0 3 2 1', BESIDE KNOB 'OFF ON'/ MKGS ON BOX INCUDE 'THIS Steam Ironing/ Attachment makes your Tru-Heat Iron/ a STEAM IRON instantly' [EXCLAMATION POINT]
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- CHROME-LIKE FINISH, BLACK & RED KNOBS
- Decoration
- N/A
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GENERAL MILLS INC., Iron attachment, circa 1945–1955, Artifact no. 1995.0801, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.0801.001/
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