On Tue, 12 Jun 2012 21:25:47 -0500, Sqwertz >
wrote:



>
>My toaster would turn on when the weight of the bread pushed down the
>switch inside in the carriage. Then the bread would slowly descend
>into the flames of Hell. Then when it reached the preset knob
>temperature, the blazing inferno would extinguish itself and the
>slices would slowly rise to the top as if being resurrected.
>
>I miss that toaster. I've never seen another one like it - just these
>cheap pop-up ones with the manual plungers.
>
>-sw

We had one like that when I was a kid, about 60 years ago. I'm
thinking it may have been Toastmaster. High technology back then.

You can see some non-electric toasters here
http://www.toastercentral.com/non.htm

If you want to drop a few bucks on vintage toaster, this page shows
some from the 30's
http://www.toastercentral.com/toaster30s.htm