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- OBJECT TYPE
- GAS/BOTTOM OVEN/GRILL/GRIDDLE
- DATE
- 1955–1959
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1998.0378.001
- MANUFACTURER
- O'Keefe & Merritt Co.
- MODEL
- 55-535-6
- LOCATION
- Los Angeles, California, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 944360
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 15
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- ALL METAL CONSTRUCTION; MOST SURFACES HAVE ENAMELLED FINISH; SOME SYNTHETIC FITTINGS (KNOBS, ETC.) OVEN WALLS AND DOORS PROBABLY ASBESTOS LINED.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 98.0 cm
- Width
- 72.0 cm
- Height
- 130.0 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
- Okeefe Merritt
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- California
- City
- Los Angeles
Context
- Country
- North America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS TYPE OF RANGE PROBABLY USED 1950S- 1960S+
- Canada
-
PART OF A LARGE COLLECTION OF DOMESTIC AND LIGHTING APPLIANCES, AND MEASURING INSTRUMENTS ACQUIRED FROM CONSUMERS' GAS CO. LTD. - Function
-
TO WARM AND/OR COOK FOOD AND BEVERAGES BY MEANS OF HEAT. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF FULL-FEATURE GAS RANGE POPULAR IN 1950S- EARLY 1960S. THIS MODEL INCLUDES A "VIEW DOWN" WINDOW FOR VIEWING ITEMS WITHIN THE OVEN COMPARTMENT (PRECEEDED VIEW THROUGH WINDOW IN OVEN DOOR); BUILT IN GRIDDLE ON COOKTOP; 'GRILLEVATOR' ADJUSTABLE GRILLING DEVICE; CLOCK & ELECTRICAL PLUG; AND LIGHTS IN BOTH OVEN, AND OVER COOK TOP. ALL WERE POPULAR 'IMPROVEMENTS' OFFERED BY MFRS, & ACCEPTED READILY BY CONSUMERS. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "O/ O'KEEFE & MERRITT/ M" appears on decorative plate on front of range, above cook top. Mfr's plate fixed to inside right side of range, under cook top, reads "MANUFACTURED BY/ O'Keefe & Merritt Co./ LOS ANGELES/ MODEL NO. 55-535-6/ SERIAL NO. 944360/ HOURLY B.T.U. INPUT/ OVEN 20000/ GRIDDLE 12000/ BROILER 16000/ GIANT BURNERS 12000/ FLUSH TO WALL/ THIS RANGE IS EQUIPPED FOR NAT. GAS/ -ELECTRICAL RATING-/ 120 VOLTS 10 AMPS./ 60 CYCLES " and bears blue star logo of American Gas Association. All range controls labelled. "CP/ TRADE MARK G.A.M.A." printed on left front of range. Gas igniter button marked "TURN TO 10 THEN SET/ PUSH BUTTON FOR GAS"; timer scale marked 0- 55. Please see digital photos of ‘Grillevator' instructions, and chart listing recommended cooking times and temperature settings for variety of food: hard copies are available in Supp. Info. file.
- Missing
- MISSING FRONT KICK PLATE From CA of 06/20/2001 by Kevin Machan: Undetermined
- Finish
- WHITE ENAMEL FINISH ON RANGE EXTERIOR; BLACK & GREY GRANITWARE LINING ON OVEN BODIES AND DOORS, DRAWERS, ETE. WHITE SYNTHETIC COVERED KNOBS, DIALS, HANDLES, ETC. SOME BRIGHT SILVER METAL TRIM.
- Decoration
- N/A
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O'Keefe & Merritt Co., Range, between 1955–1959, Artifact no. 1998.0378, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0378.001/
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