General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Nickel-plated pressed steel housing. Nickel-plated cast iron sole plate. Metal handle with wooden hand grip and composition board thumb rest.

Dimensions

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

Length

14.8 cm

Width

8.3 cm

Height

11.2 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

Brock Snyder

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Grimsby

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

Part of the Ontario Hydro collection donated to the Museum in 1992.

Function

Used to press flat and/or remove wrinkles from fabrics.

Technical

Example of a travel iron.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Mfr's plate on front handle reads: 'H.E.P.C./ NO. 348/ V. 110 A. 2 1/[2]/ CHORUS/ GIRL/ THE BROCK SYNDER/ MFG. CO./ GRIMSBY, ONT.'

Missing

Stand? From CA of 04/14/1994 by Tony Missio: No - Complete

Finish

Polished nickel finish on house, sole plate and handle. Wooden hand grip painted teal blue. Composition board thumb rest painted black. Blue mfr's plate with gold print.

Decoration

N/A