DESIGNED AND MADE IN THE USA
ELECTRICITY MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN ALL PARTS OF LIFE BUT NONE WAS MORE PREVALENT THAN IN KITCHEN APPLIANCES. FROM 1914 TO THE PRESENT SMALL APPLIANCES WERE ELECTRIFIED TO MAKE FOOD PREPARATION EASIER AND FASTER. HAVING AN ELECTRIC APPLIANCE BECAME THE “MODERN” THING TO DO AND SOON THE APPLIANCES WERE MADE TO APPEAL TO THE EYE AND BECAME SHOWCASE ITEMS IN MANY INSTANCES. DESIGNERS LIKE ALPHONSO IANNELLI (SUNBEAM), REINECKE, FRED PRIESS OF BARNES & REINECKE (TOASTMASTER) WERE EMPLOYED TO ADD STYLE, GRACE AND USABILITY TO THE SMALL GEMS WHICH BECAME WORKS OF ART.
DURING 1941 TO 1945 NO APPLIANCES WERE MADE DUE TO THE WAR EFFORT BUT AFTER THE WAR DEMAND WAS HIGH AND MANUFACTURERS TRIED THEIR BEST. WESTINGHOUSE EVEN USED EAMES FOR SOME STYLE GUIDANCE.
ALL THROUGH THE 50’S UNTIL THE MID 80’S THE USA WAS THE HOME OF THE BEST BUILT, FUNCTIONAL AND BEAUTIFUL SMALL APPLIANCES. THE QUALITY THEY PUT INTO CRAFTING THE ITEMS WAS UNPARALLELED.