I sadly just retired my parent's toaster. It is a 1940-something chrome Sunbeam that they received as an anniversary gift. It's pretty much been in continuous service until last week. My wife got shocked by it and my daughter reports some arcing when she plugged it in. I opened it up and didn't see anything obvious.
My dad spent 31 years working for Eastern Airlines. Years ago when he died, my brother and sisters took turns choosing items that we wanted from his stuff. This was my first pick - Dad's hat pins and wings he wore through the years at Eastern:
