Toastmaster (bread toaster)
Toastmaster pop-up bread toaster invented by Charles P. Strite and manufactured in Minneapolis by the Waters-Genter Company in 1921.
Bibliography
“$750,000 Deal in Minneapolis Plant Closed.” Minneapolis Morning Tribune, December 12, 1927.
Binkley, Mike. “Loop Back: World’s First Pop-Up Toaster.” Historic North Loop, undated.
https://northloop.org/about/history/the-greatest-invention-for-sliced-bread
"Business Gains in Minneapolis." Minneapolis Star, November 30, 1933.
Fannon-Langton, Diane. “Time Machine: An Iowan Invented the Pop-up Toaster.” Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), October 27, 2020.
https://www.thegazette.com/history/time-machine-an-iowan-invented-the-pop-up-toaster
“March 1927 is National Toaster Month” [advertisement]. Oil City Derrick (Pennsylvania), March 2, 1927, and Paducah Sun-Democrat (Kentucky), March 11, 1927.
McGraw Foundation. Max McGraw Biography.
https://maxmcgrawfoundation.org/our-founder
Middleby. “Toastmaster.” [Corporate website featuring commercial, industrial, and residential foodservice brands.]
https://www.middleby.com/brands/toastmaster
Minnesota Secretary of State Business Filings. Waters-Genter Company.
https://mblsportal.sos.state.mn.us/Business/SearchDetails?filingGuid=a3c8795e-9cd4-e011-a886-001ec94ffe7f
Panati, Charles. Extraordinary Origins of Everyday Things. New York: Harper and Row, Publishers, 1987.
Patent 1,387,670 (Bread Toaster). United States Patent Office. Issued August 16, 1921.
https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp
Patent 1,394,450 (Bread Toaster). United States Patent Office. Issued October 18, 1921.
https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp
Peterson, Brent. “Stillwater: The Birthplace of the Pop-Up Toaster.” The Lowdown, January 27, 2011.
https://www.presspubs.com/st_croix/news/stillwater-the-birthplace-of-the-pop-up-toaster/article_4352c85b-5899-5b37-8626-ede5d9b35e5f.html
“Plants to Move From Minnesota.” Le Sueur News–Herald (Minnesota), December 22, 1937.
https://www.mnhs.org/newspapers/lccn/sn89064064/1937-12-22/ed-1/seq-2
Select Brands, Inc. “Toastmaster.” [Corporate website with a portfolio of small-appliance brands for household consumers.]
https://selectbrands.com/toastmaster
Thiede, Alyssa. “The Demise of Burnt Toast: The Invention of the Pop-Up Toaster.” Hennepin History Museum.
https://hennepinhistory.org/hennepin-county-invents-toastmaster-toaster
“Toaster Salesmen Hold Convention.” Minneapolis Star, July 24, 1936.
“Toaster Time is Here” [advertisement]. Noblesville Ledger (Indiana), March 11, 1927.
“Toastmaster.” Minnesota by Design. Walker Art Center.
https://walkerart.org/minnesotabydesign/objects/toastmaster
“Waters-Genter Company Sold.” Minneapolis Star, April 30, 1929.
Wohleber, Curt. “The Toaster.” Invention and Technology 21, no. 2 (Fall 2005).
https://www.inventionandtech.com/content/toaster-0
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Bibliography
“$750,000 Deal in Minneapolis Plant Closed.” Minneapolis Morning Tribune, December 12, 1927.
Binkley, Mike. “Loop Back: World’s First Pop-Up Toaster.” Historic North Loop, undated.
https://northloop.org/about/history/the-greatest-invention-for-sliced-bread
"Business Gains in Minneapolis." Minneapolis Star, November 30, 1933.
Fannon-Langton, Diane. “Time Machine: An Iowan Invented the Pop-up Toaster.” Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA), October 27, 2020.
https://www.thegazette.com/history/time-machine-an-iowan-invented-the-pop-up-toaster
“March 1927 is National Toaster Month” [advertisement]. Oil City Derrick (Pennsylvania), March 2, 1927, and Paducah Sun-Democrat (Kentucky), March 11, 1927.
McGraw Foundation. Max McGraw Biography.
https://maxmcgrawfoundation.org/our-founder
Middleby. “Toastmaster.” [Corporate website featuring commercial, industrial, and residential foodservice brands.]
https://www.middleby.com/brands/toastmaster
Minnesota Secretary of State Business Filings. Waters-Genter Company.
https://mblsportal.sos.state.mn.us/Business/SearchDetails?filingGuid=a3c8795e-9cd4-e011-a886-001ec94ffe7f
Panati, Charles. Extraordinary Origins of Everyday Things. New York: Harper and Row, Publishers, 1987.
Patent 1,387,670 (Bread Toaster). United States Patent Office. Issued August 16, 1921.
https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp
Patent 1,394,450 (Bread Toaster). United States Patent Office. Issued October 18, 1921.
https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp
Peterson, Brent. “Stillwater: The Birthplace of the Pop-Up Toaster.” The Lowdown, January 27, 2011.
https://www.presspubs.com/st_croix/news/stillwater-the-birthplace-of-the-pop-up-toaster/article_4352c85b-5899-5b37-8626-ede5d9b35e5f.html
“Plants to Move From Minnesota.” Le Sueur News–Herald (Minnesota), December 22, 1937.
https://www.mnhs.org/newspapers/lccn/sn89064064/1937-12-22/ed-1/seq-2
Select Brands, Inc. “Toastmaster.” [Corporate website with a portfolio of small-appliance brands for household consumers.]
https://selectbrands.com/toastmaster
Thiede, Alyssa. “The Demise of Burnt Toast: The Invention of the Pop-Up Toaster.” Hennepin History Museum.
https://hennepinhistory.org/hennepin-county-invents-toastmaster-toaster
“Toaster Salesmen Hold Convention.” Minneapolis Star, July 24, 1936.
“Toaster Time is Here” [advertisement]. Noblesville Ledger (Indiana), March 11, 1927.
“Toastmaster.” Minnesota by Design. Walker Art Center.
https://walkerart.org/minnesotabydesign/objects/toastmaster
“Waters-Genter Company Sold.” Minneapolis Star, April 30, 1929.
Wohleber, Curt. “The Toaster.” Invention and Technology 21, no. 2 (Fall 2005).
https://www.inventionandtech.com/content/toaster-0