In a message dated 11/10/2004 4:22:51 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Our toaster when I was young stood upright and the doors folded down. They sell for more now at the auction than they did back then. LOL Pat, Before we had those with the doors folding down we had a four sided gizmo that you put the bread on and toasted on top of coal stove. You had to stand there and watch so you could turn it when one side was done. But before that we toasted it on the top of the stove. Pressed it down with a turner and then turned over and did second side. We never knew when we were poor and did that we were making Texas Toast. LOL Dot