Gnomenclature - The Hammacher Schlemmer Newsletter

Gnomenclature - The Hammacher Schlemmer Newsletter

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Mission to Moscow, 1959
A model kitchen makes Cold War history, and Hammacher is there
Sep 4 • Jason Toon

August 2026

The first grind & brew coffeemaker
Hammacher was an early passenger on the coffee-snob express
Aug 28 • Jason Toon
Hammacher takes Letterman
And I think we all know how painful that can be
Aug 21 • Jason Toon
The Zero-Man Band
Our $54,000 automatic orchestra
Aug 14 • Jason Toon
The High-Speed Potato Baker
How did it work? Where did it go?
Aug 7 • Jason Toon

July 2026

Cocktail Party, 1955
Midcentury barware for getting sophisticatedly stewed
Jul 31 • Jason Toon
A toast from Ellie Kemper
How we helped the beloved comic actor shine on Letterman
Jul 24 • Jason Toon
Hail to the Shelf
The White House needed new closets. Lady Bird called us
Jul 17 • Jason Toon
Who drew these gnomes?
Help us solve a mystery from our archives
Jul 10 • Jason Toon
The Personal Submarine cost how much?!?
Guess the prices of these Hammacher classics
Jul 3 • Jason Toon

June 2026

When Hammacher coined our own money
The semi-legal tender that got us through the Civil War
Jun 26 • Jason Toon
Joe Versus the Volcano
Our Hollywood cameo and what might have been
Jun 19 • Jason Toon
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