The factory's ambitious rococo pickle stands used moulded shells and floral decoration. Even tiny fragments help historians study America's earliest successful porcelain production.

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Collectors call many early wooden figures “woodseys.” Their simple peg shapes populated farms, airports, schools and other classic Fisher-Price playsets.

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The miniature wax record played when a crank turned inside the doll. Surviving examples preserve one of the earliest attempts to put recorded sound into a toy.

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David Goodell’s New Hampshire company became famous for the White Mountain apple parer. During harvest, one tabletop crank could quickly prepare apples for pies, sauce, apple butter, and drying.

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Incorporated in 1892 with George Young as general manager, Roseville soon grew beyond its practical beginnings. By 1917, all production had moved to the Linden Avenue plant, where the company kept the kilns glowing until it closed in 1954.

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Turner Williams’s 1870 patent helped shape the classic Dover-style rotary egg beater. One hand crank spun both beaters together, making eggs, cream, and batters quicker to mix.

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Early electric toasters demanded close attention because they browned only one side and could scorch bread quickly. The automatic toaster arrived in 1926, finally browning both sides and popping up the finished slice.

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In 1869, Cornelius Swartwout received U.S. Patent No. 94,043 for an improved waffle-iron turning handle. It helped cooks open and flip the heavy stovetop iron with less slipping and fewer burned hands.

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