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 Evans, Forsyth.

METEOR STEEL RANGE
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
SHALLOW SKILLETS 56c

WAFFLE IRONS
WAFFLE IRONS 75c

CAST TEA KETTLES
CAST TEA KETTLES 80c

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98c Parker's National Coffee Mills
98c Parker's National Coffee Mills.

COFFEE BOILERS Flat Bottom $1.20
COFFEE BOILERS Flat Bottom $1.20

$1.08 Apple Parers
$1.08 Apple Parers

PEACH PARERS
PEACH PARERS $2.08

COFFEE POTS
COFFEE POTS 53c

TEA POTS
TEA POTS 57c

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

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

The Dazey churn $4.80
$4.80

The Dazey churn $7.80
$7.80

The Dazey churn 3-pint size, $1.54
3-pint size, $1.54

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WASH BOARDS
WASH BOARDS 50c

WASHING MACHINES
WASHING MACHINES $10.50

COMMON CLOTHES PINS
COMMON CLOTHES PINS 3c per dozen

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

CLOTHES WRINGERS
CLOTHES WRINGERS $4.67

LAUNDRY IRONS POTTS'
LAUNDRY IRONS POTTS' $1.80

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20c Boss Lemon Squeezers
20c Boss Lemon Squeezers

11c Sensible Mincing Knives
11c Sensible Mincing Knives

KITCHEN LAMPS
KITCHEN LAMPS 45c

FLY KILLERS

ANDROCK
ANDROCK 5c

VELVET
VELVET 13c

DAISY
DAISY 21c

WONDER
WONDER 14c

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