1920s

This is a pretty normal looking toaster, but Hotpoints like this are robust and very reliable. A great choice as compared to drugstore toasters you’d be liable to see in its era. This one has …

I love this angular and abrupt design. Early Hotpoints may be simple, but they are beautiful, and hey, the wound nichrome elements means it’s still in operation 100 years on.

The L&H 205 is a really unique design. It’s my favorite dropper toaster by a good margin. It’s simple, but elegent.

I have a lot of love for this toaster. It is true to say that it’s sparse. It’s true to say that it may be the actual least that an object can be to be considered a toaster, but …

This is the first consumer-available popup toasters. Toastmaster (Charles Strite) had produced commercially available toasters to restaurants as early as 1919, but miniaturization would prove illusive …

The sweetheart toaster. It was available both with and without the floral embelishments on the base. It was a decidedly lovely toaster, and appears to have sold well. The ivory colored …