Brand Name: Toastmaster
Model Number: 1-C-1
Toaster type: Pop-up
Details:
| Cast aluminum 3-slice commercial Toastmaster toaster. Same two lever mechanism was miniaturized for the 1st automatic pop-up toaster made for the home: the Toastmaster 1-A-1. Second image above shows the 1-C-1 next to the 1-A-6 from the 1950s for scale. |
Manufacturer: Waters Genter Co
Brand Name: Toastmaster
Model Number: 1-F-1
Details:
| Hulking 8-slice commercial toaster - it stands about 18 inches high. It was in a commercial Toastmaster like this that Charles Strite developed the 2-lever automatic pop-up mechanism in 1919 that was later scaled down for the 1-A-1 - the first automatic pop-up made for home use. |
This toaster was generously donated by J. Harrison Holman
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Manufacturer: West Coast Specialties LTD.
Brand Name: Club Toaster
Model Number: Cat. No. 1
Details:
| The Club Toaster - small flatbed toaster-grill with heating elements in the top and bottom. Great for making a grilled sandwich. |
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Manufacturer: Westinghouse
Brand Name: Westinghouse
Model Number: TT-3
Toaster type: Turn-Over
Details:
| Nickel-plated "Turn-Over" toaster. Westinghouse was the originator of the turn-over feature in toasters. Opening the door of the toaster causes the toast to slide down and when you close the door the untoasted side of the bread is then next to the element. Also sold under the brand name of Marion.
Click here to see an historic photo of a promotion for this toaster - from 1926 in Santa Cruz, California. |
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Manufacturer: Westinghouse
Brand Name: Westinghouse
Model Number: TT-3 (c)
Toaster type: Turn-Over
Details:
| Westinghouse manufactured several variations on their model TT-3. This model has phenolic handles rather than metal ones so they wouldn't get hot - but they were prone to breaking off. |
Manufacturer: Proctor Electric
Brand Name: Proctor
Model Number: 1444
Toaster type: Flopper
Details:
| Rated a Best Buy by Consumers Union when they tested toasters in 1939, the magazine described this toaster as follows: |
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Manufacturer: General Electric
Brand Name: Hotpoint
Model Number: 129T41
Toaster type: Flopper
Details:
| Marketed as the Hotpointer Fully Automatic Toaster, and ad for this toaster explains, Here is how it works: You put your bread in the toaster and a light at the top glows. When the toast is finished the light winks out - and at the same time a little bell in the toaster softly tinkles. You still have to manually open the doors to retrieve the toast so this toaster isn't actually fully automatic. This toaster has elements in its doors as well as in the center to toast both sides of the bread at once. Invented by William H. Ginder, he sold his patent to both GE for this toaster and Proctor which made the Proctor Glow Cone. Click here to view a promotional piece for the Hotpointer. |
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Manufacturer: Proctor & Schwartz Electric Co.
Brand Name: Proctor Glow Cone
Model Number: 1430
Toaster type: Flopper
Details:
| The Proctor Glow Cone Automatic. This toaster has elements in its doors as well as in the center to toast both sides of the bread at once. Invented by William H. Ginder, he sold his patent to both Proctor for use in this toaster and to General Electric which made the Hotpointer (model 129T41). |
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Manufacturer: A. J. Lindermann & Hoverson Co
Brand Name: L & H Electrics
Model Number: Model 205
Toaster type: Dropper
Details:
| Very nice, sturdy, and interactive dropper toaster (toast drops out the bottom). Lifting the lid closes flaps at the bottom of the slots - bread is then placed in the toaster and activation lever is pushed. When the toasting cycle is done, the flaps drop open and the toast slide out the bottom. |
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Manufacturer: Angelus Campfire Co.
Brand Name: Angelus
Model Number: none on toaster
Details:
| The Bar-B-Q Marshmallow Toaster, an interesting novelty toaster produced by a company that made marshmallows, presumably to help sell more of them. |
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