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Thread Number: 10070
US Laundry Appliance Brands-Regional Preferences |
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Post# 185650 , Reply# 1 1/24/2007 at 21:26 (6,294 days old) by frigilux  (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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I grew up in a tiny Minnesota town of about 2,000 inhabitants. We had Whirlpool, Frigidaire, Kenmore, Maytag and Coronado appliances available locally. I knew people in larger towns who had Speed Queen washers and dryers, but can't recall anyone in my little burg who had them. I also don't recall seeing anyone with Philco or Kelvinator washers locally... | ||
| Post# 185654 , Reply# 2 1/24/2007 at 21:29 (6,294 days old) by zipdang (Portland, OR) | ||
KitchenAids are big here. In addition to myself, I know several people who have them. There are usually a few on Portland Craigslist, too. Amana is another "alternative" brand that I see a lot. I don't know anyone who owns new Speed Queens, but back before they left the residential market I had several friends who owned them. They were probably late '80s vintage. As a kid when I'd read Consumer Reports I'd see the washer ratings for Norge and wonder what a Norge looked like. I don't ever recall going to a store that sold them. Gibson and Kelvinator were nearly non-existent brands, too. | ||
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Post# 185656 , Reply# 3 1/24/2007 at 21:38 (6,294 days old) by dadoes (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Typically depends on what long-time dealers get a foot-hold in town. Where I grew up, Whirlpool was the norm, with the ubiquitous Kenmore, and a sprinkling of Catalina, and a sprinkle of Philco and Easy in the 60s. Maytag was rare here, but common in towns 9 miles one direction (which also had a Westy dealer) and 18 miles the other (which also had Frigidaire and GE). Town where my aunt moved after she married was heavy with Speed Queen. That was my first exposure to SQ in the late 1960s (her husband's family all had SQ as well).
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Post# 185780 , Reply# 4 1/25/2007 at 07:50 (6,294 days old) by jamiel (Detroit, Michigan and Palm Springs, CA) |
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Another aspect was the location of the manufacturing plants...generally the sales were stronger the closer you got (remember in the day that it was before the interstate highway system). That's why especially you get the weird stove brands like Western-Holly, O'keefe and Merritt (west coast) and Glenwood (east coast) A few of these small companies still exist....Peerless/Premier in Belleville, IL, Brown Stove Works somewhere in Tennessee) I was in Clayton, GA one time visiting Antique Appliances (very interesting store) and asked the question...and this was their response (especially regarding stoves, but applies for anything). I always laughed at Friends (tv show) with that huge International Harvester refrigerator....c'mon....there wasn't an IH dealer within 100 miles of Manhattan!!! | ||
| Post# 185814 , Reply# 5 1/25/2007 at 09:50 (6,294 days old) by irishwashguy (Salem,Oregon.............A Capital City) | ||
I grew up in the Northwest
Growing up, at home we had a ceter dial Maytag in Harvest gold. My mother had told me in her first house,she had a Bendix with a rubber tub.I saw lots of Kenmores everywere, Maytags, alot of our family had Fridgidaire, new and old, I had seen in my time lots of Speed Queen comercial, as well as Norge commercial, even GE commercial. More on the domestic front, i saw my share or WEstie front loaders(when I was a kid, i did not know what to make of it, I was excited when my mom's friend explained it to me that you could see the clothes as they were washing!) Whirlpool, the neighbor accross from where i grew up has had the same copertone set for years , the box control pannel, very I want to say circa 1966.I never did see Kelvinator till i joined our club. i even saw a Philco, it said Miss america dryer, at my friend Evan's house growing up.Ge, hotpoints galore, Lots and lots of KitchenAid dishwashers here. Everytime I go to an estate sale, it is ALWAYS KitchenAid, an Imperial, like both of my Grandmothers had. Grandma Hayes had a Monark Wall Oven as well she would make her Cakes and pies to die for. My other GrandMother worked someplace where they sold Fridgidaire appliances, which is what she had alot of, i loved the 1957 single door fridge in white, Ahhhh, such memmories!!!!And the 1965 Washer and Dryer Rollermatics. No wonder so many people in my Family had them, though, she still had the KitchenAid Dishwasher, weird huh!! . | ||
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Post# 186648 , Reply# 6 1/28/2007 at 08:43 (6,291 days old) by paulg (My sweet home... Chicago) |
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Chicago brands
In Chicago we find GE, Hotpoint, Kenmore, Whirlpool, Maytag and Speed Queen. Much less frequently I see Norge, Westinghouse, Hamilton (even though Hamilton Company was in Wisconsin). In my entire life I've only seen one of each and I've got keen eyes. Very hard to find (for me at least) are Philco, Kelvinator, Frigidaire home laundry. I love to collect regional brands like Truetone for TV, Wizard, Catalina, Coronado, Bradford etc - however they are just so hard to find. I also laughed at the International Harvester fridge on Friends. Those units were marketed primarily to the farm community for a few years in the 1950s and then the line was dropped. I wonder if FRIENDS did their laundry on a gas-motor washing machine? ALL dishwashers I've ever seen here (both new and old) fall into the Kitchenaid or Kenmore variety. | ||
| Post# 186947 , Reply# 12 1/29/2007 at 03:49 (6,290 days old) by mavei511 () | ||
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Blackstone Never heard or have seen a Blackstone machine here in New Orleans-were they a regional brand in the Northeast? | ||
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