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This is a 1950 magazine advertisement for Sunbeam Garden Products including the Sunbeam RainKing lawn sprinklers, Sunbeam Hedge Trimmer, and Sunbeam Hose nozzle all made by the Sunbeam Corporation, Chicago, Illinois and Toronto, Canada.
-- Sunbeam Products is an American brand that has produced electric home appliances since 1910. Their products have included the Mixmaster mixer, the Sunbeam waffle iron, Coffeemaster (1938–1964), and the fully automatic T20 toaster. Sunbeam bought out the Rain King Sprinkler Company and produced one of the most popular lawn sprinkler lines of the 1950s and 1960s.
Sunbeam is now owned by Jarden Consumer Solutions since 2004.
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