Sunbeam Mixmaster 1948 Hamilton Beach Food Mixer and Powermaster De Luxe 1941 Four Vintage Mixer Pamphlets

Four mixer pamphlets from three makers, each one written for a machine sold in the 1940s. How to Get the Most Out of Your Sunbeam Automatic Mixmaster carries a 1948 Sunbeam copyright and covers the Model 9, Hamilton Beach Food Mixer with Mixguide and Pyrex Ware Bowls is a 1948 Hamilton Beach booklet sold for 25 cents, and the Powermaster De Luxe Electric Food Mixer booklet carries a 1941 copyright from The A. C. Gilbert Co. in New Haven.

The Sunbeam booklet runs through its Mixguide speeds, the use and care pages, and recipes for cakes, frostings, cookies, quick breads, and pies to page 44. The Hamilton Beach booklet credits recipes tested at the College of Home Economics at Syracuse University under Edith H. Nason, and a second Hamilton Beach booklet covers the Model K. The Powermaster booklet lists 16 speeds and diagrams every part, from the beaters and bowls to the juice extractor attachment.

Handwritten notes and newspaper clippings came tucked inside the Hamilton Beach booklet, and a small orange card labeled Holiday Fruit Cookies sits with the lot. Covers are age toned with corner and spine wear, and the Hamilton Beach booklet has the heaviest wear at its bottom left corner.

Details

• Item: Four vintage electric mixer instruction and recipe pamphlets
• Title: Sunbeam Automatic Mixmaster, Hamilton Beach Food Mixer, Hamilton Beach Model K Food Mixer, and Powermaster De Luxe Electric Food Mixer
• Author: Sunbeam Corporation; Hamilton Beach Company; The A. C. Gilbert Co.
• Illustrator: Not confirmed from photos
• Publisher: Sunbeam Corporation; Hamilton Beach Company, Racine, Wisconsin, a division of Scovill Manufacturing Company; The A. C. Gilbert Co., New Haven, Connecticut
• Publication Year: 1948 for the Sunbeam and Hamilton Beach booklets; 1941 for the Powermaster booklet
• Edition and Printing: Not confirmed from photos
• Format and Binding: Four stapled paper pamphlets
• Dust Jacket: None
• Genre: Mixer instructions and baking recipes
• Language: English
• ISBN: None, published before ISBN use
• Dimensions: Not confirmed from photos

Positives

• Graded Good: All four pamphlets are complete, with their covers and all their pages.
• The Sunbeam booklet carries its 1948 copyright and recipes through page 44.
• The Hamilton Beach booklet credits recipes tested at Syracuse University and keeps its 25 cent cover price.
• Handwritten notes and clippings came inside the lot, with a Holiday Fruit Cookies card.

Issues / Wear

• The Hamilton Beach booklet has a heavily bumped and frayed bottom left corner with surface loss.
• Its spine edge and top right corner show creases and small tears, with staining on the bottom band.
• The Sunbeam cover is age yellowed and foxed, with a creased corner and peeling laminate along the left side.
• The Powermaster pamphlet shows whitening along its spine edge and scuffs on the black bottom panel.

If you collect mixer pamphlets, this lot covers Sunbeam, Hamilton Beach, and Powermaster machines from the 1940s. If it's the right copy for you, it's ready to come home.

Condition Grade: Good