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Object Name |
Iron |
Caption |
Electric Iron |
Description |
Electric iron with removable cord (missing), wooden handle with thumb rest, built-in iron rest at socket area. Has heat indicator ranging from cold to hot: silk, wool, cotton, linen, shown in green, white & red areas. No thermostatic control. Trademark on stand: "Dominion Indicator Iron, Dominion Elec. Mfg. Inc., Mansfield Ohio." The invention of the resistively heated electric iron is credited to Henry W. Seeley of New York in 1882. Seeley patented his "electric flatiron" on June 6, 1882. His iron weighed almost 15 pounds and took a long time to heat up. In the same year an iron heated by a carbon arc was introduced in France, but was too dangerous to be successful. The early electric irons had no easy way to control their temperature, and the first thermostatically controlled electric iron appeared in the 1920s. Later, steam was used to iron clothing. Credit for the invention of the steam iron goes to Thomas Sears. |
Catalog Number |
1988-1136-002 |
Search Terms |
Irons (Pressing) Dominion Elec. Mfg. Inc., Mansfield OH |
Subjects |
Irons (Pressing) |