Slow cooker (1917?)

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   More stuff in response to Wednesday's NEW YORK TIMES piece (www.nytimes.com) on the "crock pot" ("slow cooker").
   There definitely will be something on this in the OXFORD ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN FOOD AND DRINK.  "Slow cooker" may or may not make OED.  In either case, please don't kill me.
   There's not a whole lot for "slow cooker" before 1970 (full text NY TIMES and trademark records were checked), but there's a ton of stuff _starting_ that year.  Here are the first two OCLC WorldCat citations, and notice the large gap.  A "crock pot" in 1917 at the University of Washington?


Libraries with Item: "Design and construction o..."( Record for Item )Location  Library  Code
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Title: Design and construction of an electric cooker for slow cooking.
Author(s): Edson, Arthur Allen.
Year: 1917
Description: 38 L.
Language: English
 SUBJECT(S)
Descriptor: Electric furnaces.
Note(s): Dissertation: A thesis submitted for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering--University of Washington, 1917
Other Titles: Electric cooker for slow cooking
Material Type: Thesis/dissertation (deg); Manuscript text (mtx)
Document Type: Book

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Libraries with Item: "Crock-pot slow electric c..."( Record for Item )Location  Library  Code
EU GUILDHALL LIBR  LGL
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Title: Crock-pot slow electric cooker cook book /
Author(s): Cutts, Susan.
Corp Author(s): Prestige Group.
Publication: London : The Prestige Group,
Year: 1970-1979?
Description: 72 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 20 cm.
Language: English
Note(s): Rainbird Collection./ Cover title./ Text on inside covers.
Responsibility: [by Susan Cutts for the Prestige Group]
Document Type: Book