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Pan, Roasting

Object number2016.68.1 a-d

Manufacturer Aluminum Company of America (1907 - 1998)

Manufacturer The Aluminum Cooking Utensil Company, Inc.

Datebefore 1966

MediumAluminum; Metal

Credit LineGift of Massena Aluminum Historical Association

DescriptionAluminum roasting pan.DimensionsHeight x Width x Length (a-d together): 9.5 × 12.188 × 16.688 in. (24.1 × 31 × 42.4 cm)
Height x Width x Length (a): 3.25 × 11.313 × 16 in. (8.3 × 28.7 × 40.6 cm)
Height x Width x Length (b): 6.5 × 11.75 × 16 in. (16.5 × 29.8 × 40.6 cm)
Height x Width x Length (c): 0.063 × 10.688 × 15.25 in. (0.2 × 27.1 × 38.7 cm)
Height x Width x Length (d): 1.438 × 12.188 × 16.688 in. (3.7 × 31 × 42.4 cm)
Marks(a)
Engraved text on underside at center "No 225 / WEAR-EVER / [logo with text "T.A.C.U.Co." and "ALUMINUM"] / TRADEMARK / MADE IN U.S.A. / SECOND".

(b)
Engraved text on one long side at top center "No 225 / SECOND / WEAR-EVER / [logo with text "T.A.C.U.Co." and "ALUMINUM"] / TRADEMARK / MADE IN U.S.A".

(c)
Engraved text on the top center, just below two large central holes "SECOND".

(d)
Engraved text on underside at center of one short side "SECOND".
Historical NotesA Wear-Ever No. 225 SECOND roasting pan. During Alcoa’s early years, when they were still the Pittsburgh Reduction Company, they not only produced aluminum, but because it was a new metal, they also manufactured it into useful products in order to create a market. Cookware was one of their first ventures and in 1901 they created The Aluminum Cooking Utensil Company in New Kensington. By 1903 they called the company “Wear-Ever”. The Kensington Ware line was introduced in 1934 as the decorative high-end line of aluminum giftware.

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