Volume 1, Number 8 Summer 1963

A Catalogue Of Kitchen Appliances And Utensils - 1913

Southwest Missouri merchants of fifty years ... Stocked many items from a hardware company... Springfield which sent them a catalogue showing the latest merchandise. These illustrations are from such a catalogue belonging to Mrs. Clarence Ev... Forsyth.

METEOR STEEL RANGE
$44.00 For Coal or Wood


1913 vs. 1963 Prices

Many workers of 1913 received $1 to $2 a day, which made the $44 kitchen range cost them 22 to 44 days' labor. A 1963 range priced at $150 would cost a worker making $75 a week, 12 days' labor. In these terms, the $44 range cost almost twice to four times as much as the $150 range.

SHALLOW SKILLETS 56c
WAFFLE IRONS 75c
CAST TEA KETTLES 80c
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98c Parker's National Coffee Mills.
COFFEE BOILERS Flat Bottom $1.20
$1.08 Apple Parers
PEACH PARERS $2.08
COFFEE POTS 53c
TEA POTS 57c

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Illustration of the Removable Ice Rack., used in all Our Refrigerators.

Closed. Open to Clean.
The above cuts illustrate the Trap used on all our Refrigerators.

Sectional view illustrating the construction of our Refrigerators and the circulation of air.
Average price, $46.00

$4.80
$7.80
3-pint size, $1.54

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WASH BOARDS 50c

WASHING MACHINES $10.50

COMMON CLOTHES PINS 3c per dozen
HOYT'S CLOTHES PINS 7c per dozen

CLOTHES WRINGERS $4.67

LAUNDRY IRONS POTTS' $1.80

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20c Boss Lemon Squeezers
KITCHEN LAMPS 45c
11c Sensible Mincing Knives

FLY KILLERS

ANDROCK 5c
VELVET 13c
DAISY 21c
WONDER 14c

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