Vintage 'Cycle' Battery operated Bike Horn

Where: Uncle Raul's!
Paid: $1.oo

...Uncle Raul's, a place for interesting salvageable goods.

Takes a C Battery, and works!  Sounds like an apartment buzzer. Loud! Heads Turn when using this.

Press Button

Tiny Vintage ash tray box

Where: 'Unique' thrift shop, Kennedy Blvd, Jersey City, NJ
Paid: 99 cents

Unique thrift shop has a lot of stuff. They constantly rotate inventory, and there can be some interesting Vintage goodies to stumble upon.  They usually take small items like this ash tray, with flip-out cig holder tab, bundle them with similar looking items in a plastic bag, scribble 99c on there and well, there you have it!

Small, about 1.5" square metal box. Pop it open and voila! Ashtray!

1920's-1930's Blood Pressure Instrument

Where: Yard Sale, Butler, NJ
Paid $0.50.   50¢!!!

Wow. Probably 1920's-1930's 'Behaj Oscillometre' Blood Pressure Instrument. Immaculate condition. Rubber is soft on the bulb and tubes, however the rubber on the inside of the denim-like cuff was cracked and dried out and hence unusable.  'Manometer' included.

 

Arrow 201 Stapler

I like old staplers. I like that they were made of the heavy feel of steel.  I like that these and other office supplies came in this drab Green and of course, chrome.....

This 1960's Stapler comes from good ol' Brooklyn, New York by the Arrow Fastener Company. The best thing anyone will say about this, and was the first thing I noticed, was the 3-way staple setting. Can be pivoted to set for closed, open, and 'temporary' stapling. This one is exceptionally clean, works, and still had old staples in it.

1920's Fitzgerald "Star-Rite" Waffle Maker

Where: Estate Sale in Pequanock NJ.
Paid: $7

Someone's Aunt passed and had the house open for a nice sale. There was a lot of old stuff there, this was the first piece I seen when I walked through the back door to the kitchen.

   

This one was the Fitzgerald company's top-of-the-liner in the late 1920's. There's a green jewel on the dome knob, and an interesting temperature gauge that wants you to "Wait for total eclipse." 

 
..well I don't know, but the only total eclipse visible in the US at that time was after the 20's, so that must have been one well-done waffle.
 
The Eclipse gauge is great, but seems the original owner used some metal putty on one side to keep it together. Some research
revealed the design for the gauge was flawed and fell apart (p.72) after much waffle madness.

Chrome Paper Towel/Wax Paper Bin

Where purchased: Probably a Salvation Army
Paid: I think about $4

 Everyone's Grandma had one of these in the kitchen. Chrome Bin with tabs to keep the rolls inside. Cursive stamp "Paper Towels" and "Waxed Paper" because you always needed waxed paper for all that baking going on back then. Now with Global Warming upon us, baking has slowed wax paper sales to a screeching halt.

Toastmaster Model 2D2 Waffle Iron

Where: Probably the Salvation Army by The Holland Tunnel, NJ.
Paid: I think about $8

 To continue with the "Chromed Kitchen" era, here's an awesome Waffle Iron. A Toastmaster model 2D2. 

Manufactured  between 1939 and 1959, this one is a nice specimen. Some pitting of the chrome is evident.

"Esccelsa" Vintage Chrome Pasta Machine

Where: Random Flea Market in NJ
Paid: $10

Was a nice, good-looking, Hand-crank Pasta Machine. Heavy. The chrome had minor pitting, and the pasta cutting/rolling gears have some rust. But they turn. I'm not certain I'd actually use this, but looks good regardless. I was pleased when the seller asked for $10. No Haggles, here.

Fresh Pasta!

The Machine takes up a very small footprint, and is rather heavy. There's the flat roller, Fettuccine-width, and standard spaghetti. The hand-crank is removable, to set it up for the proper roller.  The nameplate flips down for access/cleaning. 

There's a dial on the side with locking thumb-button to dial in wanted thickness/thinness.

Another great Chromed piece of vintage culinary history. 

Thickness Adjuster

1940's Superstar Master Grill

Where: Uncle Raul's Bargain Basement, Jersey City.
Paid : about $10

I love the 'Chroming' of the past. Especially, Chromed Kitchen Appliances.

Before George Forman was even Born.

Before George Forman's successful 'Grill everything you can in minutes' grill, there were these  old chrome sandwich makers. The Superstar here makes this possible. This fine specimen here is new. Unused. That's right. Not a spot of grease anywhere.

Did I mention Unused?

 This shiny clean unit has interchangeable grill plates. I need to get the waffle plates. They're still at Uncle Raul's, but I only seen one the last time I looked.

Please note: 'Bake' is equally betwixt Cold & Hot

Bakelite Accents

**SUPERSTAR!!**

Forman '4-Man' Coffee Maid Electric Percolator

Where: 'Thrift Village' Rochester NY
Paid: $10

Here's a nice, vintage coffee percolator from c.1930-1940's.  This was unused at the time I got it. The heater coils within the ceramic heater on the bottom were clean. Pyrex/Flameware removable carafe. Chrome over Brass Metal. lass top sight-glass bubble. Removable metal coffee basket. Bakelite handle. It heats up and perks in a jiffy. Great find.