"Streamliner" Meat slicer

Marking: Marked (engraved and coated in black, on both short sides of the slicer): HOBART [on the short side where the accession numer is reported, a numeric sequence going from 0 to 70 in steps of 10 units is also present]; marked (engraved inside compartment that opens): 10 31 / 58 / X126; marked (metal plate, engraved and coated in black, inside compartment that opens): THE HOBART MFG. CO. / TROY.OHIO / GUARD LOCK --> / SERIAL NO. 1268094 / MACH SPEC. 4963 / 1PH. / CY 60 / VOLTS 115 / AMPS 3.3 / MODEL 410 SLICER

John C. Waddell, New York (until 2000; his gift to MMA)

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "American Modern, 1925–1940: Design for a New Age," May 16, 2000–January 7, extended to February 4, 2001, unnumbered cat. (p. 134).

Newport Beach, Calif. Orange County Museum of Art. "American Modern, 1925–1940: Design for a New Age," May 25–August 19, 2001, unnumbered cat.

Flint. Flint Institute of Arts. "American Modern, 1925–1940: Design for a New Age," September 14–December 16, 2001, unnumbered cat.

Philadelphia. Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. "American Modern, 1925–1940: Design for a New Age," January 11–April 7, 2002, unnumbered cat.

Charlotte. Mint Museum of Craft and Design. "American Modern, 1925–1940: Design for a New Age," May 3–July 28, 2002, unnumbered cat.

Tulsa. Philbrook Museum of Art. "American Modern, 1925–1940: Design for a New Age," August 23–November 17, 2002, unnumbered cat.

London. Victoria and Albert Museum. "Art Deco 1910–1939," March 27–July 20, 2003, unnumbered cat. (pl. 34.4).

Toronto. Royal Ontario Museum. "Art Deco 1910–1939," September 15, 2003–January 4, 2004, unnumbered cat.

California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. "Art Deco 1910–1939," March 13–July 5, 2004, unnumbered cat.

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. "Art Deco 1910–1939," September 19, 2004–January 9, 2005, unnumbered cat.

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Art for the Millions: American Culture and Politics in the 1930s," September 5–December 10, 2023, unnumbered cat. (pl. 82).

"American Beauty." Interior Design 71 (May 2000), ill. p. 91.

Douglas Eklund, Marilyn F. Friedman, and Randall R. Griffey in Making The Met, 1870–2020. Ed. Andrea Bayer with Laura D. Corey. Exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 2020, pp. 168, 267 n. 52.

Allison Rudnick. Art for the Millions: American Culture and Politics in the 1930s. Exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 2023, pp. 26, 198, colorpl. 82.

Rachel Mustalish in Allison Rudnick. Art for the Millions: American Culture and Politics in the 1930s. Exh. cat., The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York, 2023, p. 52.

Karen Wilkin. "Yesterday's Tomorrow." New Criterion 42 (December 2023), p. 33.