Historical information
An early electric toaster designed for manually flipping toast.
Toast was inserted between the metal slots on each side.
The heating element warmed the bread from one side at a time, requiring the user to flip the toast manually.
Common in households from the 1920s to the 1940s, before automatic pop-up toasters were widely available.
Physical description
A metal, pyramid-shaped early 20th-century electric toaster with open sides for heat exposure.
The toaster stands on a decorative metal base with curved edges.
It has two black knobs on top for handling the toaster.
The sides have metal slots for inserting bread, and the wire heating elements are visible inside.
A drop-down crumb tray is at the bottom, which appears rusted.
