Object Details
- Rival Manufacturing Company
- Description
- Model 431, 80W, 110-120V (AC only), 3-speed hand mixer and cutlery sharpener. Streamlined, bright yellow plastic motor body with matching bracket handle and horizontal, rocket-like, rear wings atop a polished chrome base with light brown, welded rubber cushion housing two, detachable, 4-blade, open rectangular beaters; smooth chrome cover conceals a small grinding wheel mounted in top front, and a yellow rubber power cord with 2-prong plug is attached at right back. Speed selector inside handle front has a yellow plastic knob above brushed metal plate printed "HIGH", "MED", "LOW / SHARPEN" and "OFF" in black. Product name debossed in metallic gold across right side of case; model specifications, manufacturer's name and UL safety mark stamped on base underside. Beaters unmarked.
- Credit Line
- Jane Griffin Yeingst and William H. Yeingst
- 1930s
- 1956 - 1957
- ID Number
- 1987.0675.03
- accession number
- 1987.0675
- catalog number
- 1987.0675.03
- Object Name
- mixer, food
- sharpener, knife
- Physical Description
- thermoplastic (case; handle material)
- chrome plate (base; grinder cover material)
- rubber (base cushion; cord cover material)
- steel, stainless (beaters material)
- brass (plug prongs material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2 3/4 in x 8 1/4 in x 10 3/8 in; 6.985 cm x 20.955 cm x 26.3525 cm
- place made
- United States: Missouri, Kansas City
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Domestic Furnishings
- Exhibition
- Art in Industry
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- appliances
- Food Processing
- kitchen
- Plastics
- Record ID
- nmah_324251
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-cae6-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
