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Ekco Products Company, OVENEX
Pan, Bread, 1940–1989
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Ekco Products Company, OVENEX
Pan, Bread, 1940–1989
Metal, 4 x 7 3/4 inches
Gift of Juan and Anna Marie Hamilton
2000.5.692x
Metal, 4 x 7 3/4 inches
Gift of Juan and Anna Marie Hamilton
2000.5.692x

STARBURST OVENEX LOAF PAN. Metal with a repeating pattern all around of a circle with rays coming out of it. This pattern is pressed into the metal. Inside the bottom of each pan is raised lettering that reads, "OVENEX N 2 7 5/8" U.S.A." EKCO started making Ovenex baking pans in 1945 and continued for 20 years. Ekco company started in 1903 making military boxes. First mess kit issued to World War I was made by Ekco. (answers.com; what is the history of Ekco's ovenex baking pans? Liz B.

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4361