Clam Knife (1889); Electric Toaster (1909,1910,1912)

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CLAM KNIFE

   Not in OED.  Coney Island was more famous for its clams than its hot dogs, but surprisingly, "clam knife" is not in the BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE.


(AMERICAN PERIODICAL SERIES)
 Current Literature (1888-1912), New York; Dec 1889; Vol. Vol. III,, Iss. 0
  The Cautious Calm; --New York Evening Sun ; pg. 490, 2 pgs.
Pg. 491: "There is probably no article of Nature's food products so little understood as the clam," continued the philosopher, as he deftly inserted a clam knife between the bony lips of a Little neck and laid one of the shells with its palpitating contents.

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ELECTRIC TOASTER

   OED has 1913 for "electric toaster" and "toaster."  Those cites are now toast.


(AMERICAN PERIODICAL SERIES)
McClure's Magazine (1893-1926), New York; May 1912; Vol. VOL. XXXIX, Iss. 0
  Advertisement 158 -- No Title; pg. 0_095, 1 pgs
("_Western Electric_...Electric Toasters...Electric Chafing Dishes.")

McClure's Magazine (1893-1926), New York; Jan 1, 1909, Iss. 0
  Advertisement 580 -- No Title; pg. 0_203, 1 pgs
("EVENINGS when you entertain you will enjoy serving your guests from an electric chafing dish.  Cooking the rare-bit without fire is a novelty in itself and you can remove the dish and use the stove for an electric toaster also. ... Simplex Electric Heating Co., Cambridge, Mass.")


   Display Ad 10 -- No Title; New York Times (1857-Current file), New York, N.Y.; Feb 22, 1910; pg. 6, 1 pgs
("The Electric Toaster gives you the right kind--always. ... The New York Edison Company."