McClary's Electric Stove

Datec. 1970

DimensionsOverall: 114.4 × 61 × 62.5 cm

Credit LineCollection of Museum London, 2007

Object number2007.005.001

Label TextMcClary/GSW (General Steel Wares) manufactured this Harvest Gold electric stove from the late 1960s until the London factory closed in the 1970s. Appliances have ranged in colour over the years, dictated by a combination of materials and fashion. Harvest Gold replaced some of the pastels popular in the 1950s. In its turn, it was replaced by a return to white in the 1980s. In 1927, five Canadian tinware and stove manufacturers, including the McClary Manufacturing Company, merged to form General Steel Wares. An October 1927 "Globe and Mail" article noted the amalgamation was necessary for the businesses to remain competitive in international markets. General Steel Wares continued to operate in London until the mid-1970s.

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