Housewares from Cast Iron Egg Beater to Espresso Maker

America at Home: A Celebration of Twentieth Century Housewares
Written by Victoria Kasuba Matranga with Karen Kohn
Picture research by Maryanne Norton
Published by National Housewares Manufacturers Association, Rosemont, IL [1997]
Hardcover, fine; dust jacket, very good; condition details in listing
ISBN: 0-9655487-0-8

This is a 1997 hard cover book with dust jacket, America at Home: A Celebration of Twentieth Century Housewares, written by Victoria Kasuba Matranga with Karen Kohn, and published by National Housewares Manufacturers Association.

CONTENTS:

• Acknowledgements

• Preface
• Introduction

• Chapter 1: 1900-1929, Making the Modern
  1925 Metal Storage Circa 1910, EKCO
  Box and Sunbeam cast iron egg beater
  Electrical Iron
  
  Circa 1920's, vacuum- 1928 double handed
  drip coffee maker electric food mixer
  by A. F. Domeyer

• Chapter 2: 1930-1945, Hopes and Fears

• Chapter 3: 1946-1964, The Dream Achieved
  Circa 1950's, Sunbeam 1956-1977, Libbey
  electric frypan with Glass Company's
  temperature control, Golden Foliage
  or "fryguide" pattern
  
  EKCO frozen 1961 General Electric two
  food cutter slice toaster with glass
  window, pop-up door,
  and automatic
  slide-out drawer
  

• Chapter 4: 1965-1983, Shake-outs, Start-ups, and Success

• Chapter 5: 1984-1996, The Electronic Life
  Rubbermaid's
  Sipp 'N U.S. Acrylic Braun KF40 Aromaster
  Sport bottles tableware Coffeemaker with
  swing-out filter
  basket and
  cylindrical design
  
  Black & Decker SnakeLight Flashlight

• Chapter 6: People, Products, and Ideas

• Chapter 7: Partners in Progress
  DeLonghi Airstream Convection Oven
  
  DeLonghi Cappucino Non-Stop
  Espresso/Cappucino machine

• Bibliography
• Illustration Credits
• National Housewares Manufacturers Association
  Member Companies
• National Housewares Manufacturers Association
  Mission Statement and Board of Directors

At a guess, there are six or seven hundred photographs in the book, ranging in size from most of a page to small insets.

First edition, 1997. The Amazon date of 1996 is incorrect. Fine condition, and perhaps never read. The dust jacket is very good, showing only a bit of shelfwear, what it would acquire sitting on a bookstore shelf. All 208 glossy pages are present, clean, untorn, unmarked, and free of dog-ears. The binding is tight. The book is 12 1/4 inches by 9 1/4 inches and weighs 3 pounds 4 ounces.

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