Armstrong Electric Table Stove Model 8-B

This Armstrong Electric Table Stove Model 8-B on display, was manufactured by the Armstrong Manufacturing Company in the late 1910s to early 1920s. The stove was designed to perform multiple cooking tasks on a tabletop, including grilling, toasting, and potentially griddling or poaching with attachments. The Model 8-B operated on 110 Volts and had a 600 Watt heating element. This stove represents a period in the 1920s and 1930s when electric appliances were becoming more common in homes, promising to modernize kitchens and reduce household labor. The company was originally founded in Columbus, Ohio in 1899 by Charles C. Armstrong founded the Admiral Lamp Company, which originally sold bicycle lights. The company later moved to Marysville, Ohio, and began to manufacture lawn sprinkles and other items and changed its name to the Standard Stampin Company. In 1917, the company moved to Huntington, West Virginia, and later changed its name to the Armstrong Manufacturing Company, then to Armstrong Products Corporation. Over the years they manufactured a wide array of consumer items including small electric appliances, gas and electric heaters, this stove, and even metal mailboxes.