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Post# 246134   11/3/2007 at 22:18 (5,989 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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I won a 1960 Spring and Summer catalog on the 'Bay, actually two of them so I decided to sacrifice one for the greater good of the AW.org archives. Here are the laundry and dishwasher sections for our enjoyment!




Post# 246135 , Reply# 1   11/3/2007 at 22:19 (5,989 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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Post# 246147 , Reply# 13   11/3/2007 at 22:25 (5,989 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        
How'd this get in here?

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Post# 246148 , Reply# 14   11/3/2007 at 22:26 (5,989 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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Post# 246149 , Reply# 15   11/3/2007 at 22:27 (5,989 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        
Dishwashers

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Post# 246150 , Reply# 16   11/3/2007 at 22:27 (5,989 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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Post# 246157 , Reply# 17   11/3/2007 at 23:03 (5,989 days old) by 70series ( Connecticut.)        

Thanks for sharing that awesome catalogue with us. All of those machines are beautiful.

Have a good one,
James


Post# 246159 , Reply# 18   11/3/2007 at 23:16 (5,989 days old) by peteski50 (New York)        
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Thanks Greg for scanning. Real awsome appliances. I want to take each one out for a spin.
Best Wishes
Peter


Post# 246160 , Reply# 19   11/3/2007 at 23:19 (5,989 days old) by brent-aucoin ()        
Awesome!

Greg thanks so much for sharing!
Amazing how many models that I don't remember ever seeing.
I remember the W/D Combo. The dishwashers are so great looking! Would love to have one.
Although the prices seem cheap now, not so for 1960 on most of the models.
Brent


Post# 246166 , Reply# 20   11/4/2007 at 01:05 (5,989 days old) by appnut (TX)        
Yee Haw!!

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I loved it I loved it!!! Thank you

Post# 246168 , Reply# 21   11/4/2007 at 01:29 (5,989 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)        

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Fantastic!! Thanks for sharing your catalog. Now I know that my parents paid $279.95 for the Model 80 washer that serviced our household til 1984.

Post# 246180 , Reply# 22   11/4/2007 at 03:18 (5,989 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O )        

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Just love old catalogues. I also have some but my fin scanner doesn't work anymore. I still have to get pics of the original Homart fan in moms bathroom and the Pryne in her kitchen. Both still exhausting 50+ years

Post# 246192 , Reply# 23   11/4/2007 at 04:37 (5,989 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)        
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Wonderful scans there, love those compact 8lb toploaders, that panel looks well funky, does anyone have these??

I see the semi-automatic model washes drains & spins etc,after you`ve filled it manually, thats interesting, all our semi machines you had to advance manually to the next programme task....

was the VisiMatic a marketing dream word, what advantages does it offer over an ordinary solid wringer??


Post# 246197 , Reply# 24   11/4/2007 at 06:50 (5,989 days old) by dick_s. ()        
And many thanks Greg.....

....for taking the time to scan and share these exceptional pages from the past with us. They're fabulous. They also answered a question for me.

I've always wondered where my 60 Alphabet Kenmore fit into the 1960 model lineup. I see now that it was the model right below the Lady. I sure wished I had been with Mom when she went to Sears and bought it. A Lady Kenmore would have been delivered instead of the one she purchased. However, I love my 60 nonetheless and remember vividly when it was delivered and installed in our home back 47 years ago. It still is used weekly.

Thanks again Greg.

Dick S.



Post# 246200 , Reply# 25   11/4/2007 at 06:59 (5,989 days old) by westie2 ()        
Spray rinse wringer

I wonder how well that worked. Bet it did save some time but was probabally a water hog. The Lady K's I remember well cousins in New Orleans (Ferret Street area) had these they would almost sit up and talk to you. My mother was awed as we still had Maytag wringer it wasn't unitl 1964 that she got Maytag automatics.

Post# 246202 , Reply# 26   11/4/2007 at 07:26 (5,989 days old) by northwesty (Renton, WA)        

Interesting to see that they are still offering the "target" or "one eyed frog" still in 1960, that's later than I had thought.

Post# 246203 , Reply# 27   11/4/2007 at 07:31 (5,989 days old) by tlee618 ()        

What fun Greg, thanks so much for sharing those with us. It was like a trip down memory lane. Sears Kenmore always had such great looking machines.

Post# 246216 , Reply# 28   11/4/2007 at 08:24 (5,989 days old) by nurdlinger (Tucson AZ)        
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78 boxes of detergent

How could this possibly be true? That is more than one a week. How much detergent in a "box"?


Post# 246217 , Reply# 29   11/4/2007 at 08:26 (5,989 days old) by cny4 (Central New York)        

I've always hoped a member would do this type of presentation. Does anyone have other years of Sears catalogs they can do this with?

Post# 246221 , Reply# 30   11/4/2007 at 08:44 (5,989 days old) by frontaloadotmy (the cool gay realm)        
Greg Thanks

Great scans. The dishwashers must be impellar action? No
mention otherwise. Gotta love those persimmon and peach interiors!

Dick_s : the 8lb two cycle automatic is the one I described to you that I saw about two months ago in the Mom & Pop
Used Dealer/Repair shop near Beale Airforce Base West of
Grass Valley


Post# 246228 , Reply# 31   11/4/2007 at 09:34 (5,989 days old) by peterh770 (Marietta, GA)        

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Wow! Back when machines had real personality and there were some real differences between models. Thanks for posting this, Greg.

How did that one fan page get in there? You know I'm just saving up the slaps for you... ;)


Post# 246232 , Reply# 32   11/4/2007 at 09:47 (5,989 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida)        

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Thanks for sharing ONE of your books with us.

Steve


Post# 246240 , Reply# 33   11/4/2007 at 10:29 (5,989 days old) by powerfin64 (Yakima, Washington)        
FANTASTIC!!

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Those are REAL washers and Dryers! They had style, power, performance! what a nice trip down memorie lane.

Rich


Post# 246243 , Reply# 34   11/4/2007 at 10:37 (5,989 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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Dick S., look again at the pricing. The LK is $299; the Model 80 is $259 and your mom's is $229. My high school best friend's mom had the same washer. I remember the hot water saver was a toggle switch on the back of the machine panel that opted for a cold rinse on the cottons cycle. I find it interesting the 24" wide machine has the exact same panel, add a fabric softener dispenser, and only a straight-vane agitator.

Post# 246255 , Reply# 35   11/4/2007 at 12:05 (5,989 days old) by unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)        

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Fabulous scans Greg! 1960 was a very cool year for Kenmore.

Post# 246274 , Reply# 36   11/4/2007 at 13:27 (5,989 days old) by tlee618 ()        

One other thing that surprised me was that they were still making the "Bug Eye" machine then and a two speed model at that.

Post# 246329 , Reply# 37   11/4/2007 at 18:36 (5,988 days old) by rickr (.)        

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Great scans Greg! Sears always used to have a fun catalog to go through. I remember looking at them when I was a kid.
These are just fantastic pixs! I have always thought that the Kenmore control panels of the 1950's and 1960's were the best looking of all machines.


Post# 246345 , Reply# 38   11/4/2007 at 19:35 (5,988 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)        

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This is about the 100th time I've looked over the scans---I love looking at old Sears catalogs. Had a '59 for years, but it went into the trash when I left for college. Bad mother! Bad mother!

I didn't realize the Roto-Rack went back so far. For some reason I thought it was a 70's thing. We had a pull-out mid-50's Westinghouse for many years. When we moved we didn't get a dishwasher til the 1974 (or '75, maybe) LK was added to the kitchen.


Post# 246350 , Reply# 39   11/4/2007 at 20:08 (5,988 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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Eugene, the Roto-Rack goes back to the early 1950s. One of the brnds that sourced from D&M has a POD here every once in a while--it wasn't a common brand, so I don't remember what it is. A member heere rfound the same dishwasher I speak of and has/had it in his collection--his name is Philippe.

Post# 246390 , Reply# 40   11/4/2007 at 21:33 (5,988 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)        
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WOW - these are great scans! Who would have thought that some of the coolest looking washers were at your local Sears store in 1960 - sheesh!

I just love the look on the delivery guy's face - "These damn bolt down machines, rusted nuts, where is my saw!"

Ben



Post# 246402 , Reply# 41   11/4/2007 at 22:14 (5,988 days old) by hoover1060 ()        
The disposals

were made by American Standard, and were AWFUL!!
Our next door neighbor had the "Golden" model pictured above, she had everything "Lady Kenmore" in her kitchen, but vintage 1966 maybe?
ISE started making disposals for Sears in 1967 I believe.


Post# 246404 , Reply# 42   11/4/2007 at 22:20 (5,988 days old) by appnut (TX)        
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Ben, lol, I just realized he's trying to remove a bolt-down Kenmore like Ross has lol.

Post# 246415 , Reply# 43   11/4/2007 at 22:45 (5,988 days old) by nasadowsk ()        

He's thinking "Man, this'll go GREAT with my collection at home!"


While we're discussing D&M, did Modern Maid source from them?

Oh hell, did ANYONE besides my grandma on my dad's side even HAVE Modern Maid stuff? I remember a dishwasher and a range. The range had these interesting infinite controls that clicked loudly all the time...


Post# 246556 , Reply# 44   11/5/2007 at 10:29 (5,988 days old) by veg-o-matic (Baltimore, Hon!)        

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Wow, Greg! Thanks for taking the time to scan these great pages! 1960 sure was a great year!

Especially love the combos, of course. I'd definitely pay the extra 30 bucks to get the window in the door.

What's "cycle hold" all about? Don't recall ever seeing that before.

veg


Post# 246557 , Reply# 45   11/5/2007 at 10:33 (5,988 days old) by tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)        

That delivery man removing the bolt down machine is probably thinking that they chould save it to spin the clothes properly after washing them in the combo.

Greg, Thanks. I had no idea that the 24 inch dryers lasted so late into the lineup; interesting how the wattage dropped from 5200 watts on the higher end 24" dryer to 4400 on the lower one. Interesting the way the BTUs of the gas burners declined as the models got cheaper. Always count on Sears to have features to help them steer the customer at least one model higher. $339.00 was pretty cheap for the LK combo when the TOL Philco was over $500.00. The model 50 combo had the two part timer like my first 33"WP with the dryer timer mounted around the washer timer shaft.


Post# 246604 , Reply# 46   11/5/2007 at 14:33 (5,988 days old) by seeitrun2006 (Commerce, GA)        
WOW! What memories!

My Grandmother had that very Kermore washer/dryer combo. Sadly it only lasted until 1966 when they bought their Westinghouse TL with the matching dryer. When the w/d combo was retired my grandfather took that machine apart piece by piece. They always had a problem with the machine drying good at times them not drying at all. Sears always had to come from Atlanta and they could never fix it. I think the problem was the heating elements located directly behind the tub were completely corroded thru. I think it happened due to suds remaining on the elements after the wash then being heated during the drying process. But it was a hunk of machinery!

Post# 246739 , Reply# 47   11/6/2007 at 08:13 (5,987 days old) by tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)        

Has anyone had experience with the pressure rinsing wringer? Lovell either introduced that feature or at least heavily advertised it. The thing I wonder about is the way that the wringer handled the water it extracted. The tilt plate under the rolers tipped toward the direction from which the wet clothes were fed into the wringer so that wash water, for example, drained back into the washer. If you were using the Kenmore with this spray rinse feature, did the water drain in the same direction? You would not want it draining back in the washer to cool and dilute the suds and how would this spray rinsing improve the process if it drained into the rinse water the clothes were being dropped into? Was it maybe used between the first and second rinse tubs so that it drained back into the first tub and then that water could be changed after every load or two? I only had experience with my relatives' Maytags. I do not even remember seeing this wringer demonstrated in Sears, although I remember the clear pipe with the spigot on the end in the wringer washers. Even in the store, I remembered the admonitions to stay away from the wringers. Back in 1960, we only had the big downtown Sears so trips to Sears were not as frequent as they would become when they put stores in the suburbs.

Post# 246778 , Reply# 48   11/6/2007 at 13:11 (5,987 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)        

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Yes, I'm still returning to gawk at the pretty pretty washers...

Interesting that back in 1960---well before liquid detergents became the norm---Sears was already 'promoting' them by having a liquid-only dispenser on its flagship washer. I remember seeing TV and print ads for (liquid) Wisk back when I was a little kid, but everyone in my orbit used powdered detergents. Of course, I grew up in the anti-new-fangled world of smalltown upper-midwest and we weren't known for being early adopters.

Does anyone else old enough to remember the Beatles's breakup recall having family/friends/neighbors who used a liquid detergent as their daily driver back in the early 1960's?


Post# 246836 , Reply# 49   11/6/2007 at 17:41 (5,986 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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Eugene, our next door neighbor on one side had a 1960 or 1961 Series 70 Kenmore. I remember her using All or Wisk liquid and Snowey Bleach--what a combination.

Post# 246874 , Reply# 50   11/6/2007 at 21:56 (5,986 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)        

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Bob--Wow, I'd forgotten all about Snowy Bleach. Had a very distinctive-looking box, as I recall. My mom was a die-hard liquid chlorine bleach user. She never went in for the color-safe bleaches.

Until recently, when I discovered Quixtar's Tri-Zyme Detergent Booster and their All-Fabric Bleach, I was also a die-hard LCB guy. But the comination of SA8 with the above-mentioned additives gives me brilliant whites and excellent stain removal without the fabric wear of LCB. I had a white chef's apron which had gone gray over time and LCB never whitened it. Seven or eight washes in SA8 + Tri-Zyme + All-Fabric Bleach has whitened it noticeably. Can't argue with results.

We always had Tide, Oxydol, Cheer or Bold in the house, depending on which brand was on sale that week. We always had a box of Ivory Snow or a bottle of Woolite on hand for delicates.


Post# 246963 , Reply# 51   11/7/2007 at 12:39 (5,986 days old) by tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)        

Eugene, Sears had an early liquid detergent. It was low sudsing. The first of the 29 inch WP & Kenmore combos had a detergent dispenser that would dispense liquid or powder detergents. It was a plastic cup with a cone in the middle and it was mounted on a spindle in an enclosure similar to the detergent dispenser in the later 29 inch combos. It did not use the recirculating wash water to dispense the detergent, but used a fill solenoid to shoot a stream of water at the edge of the cup which started it spinning, mixing/dissolving the detergent before sending it over the edge of the cup and down into the tank. That dispenser was replaced when the machines were redesigned to change the lint separator system for a lint screen in the dryer exhaust. The new dispenser assembly allowed for a fabric softener dispenser not included in the original.

Post# 247249 , Reply# 52   11/8/2007 at 22:11 (5,984 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)        

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Interesting! Thanks for the info, Tom.

Post# 250138 , Reply# 53   11/25/2007 at 08:15 (5,968 days old) by huggybear ()        
Automatics

I stumbled across this website on Thanksgiving day, looking for some information on a washer/dryer combo we used to have that my mother called a Turbomatic. I was born in November 1959, so I was insignificant during the time we had it and I don't remember it much. The farthest back I can remember was a 1966 Model 70 (I think that is what it was) pair, Those took us (including 4 kids) all through our growing up time. But I digress...

I didn't even remember that we had it, and I mentioned it to my mother that I thought it would be a great idea to have a machine that could wash and dry clothes without taking them out of the machine from the washer to the dryer. She said they already had made them! Wow, someone stole my idea - before I was born!

Until I got here to aw.org, I didn't realize that there were a number of companies that offered automatic washer & dryer combinations. Today, I don't know of any. What happened to make them fall out of favor? I would think it is a great idea and it really should have caught on. Obviously it didn't. Any ideas as to why we don't see these anywhere anymore?

That is something I've pondered for at least the last 30-40 years.


Post# 250149 , Reply# 54   11/25/2007 at 11:01 (5,968 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)        
I just LOVE catalogues!!!

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Thank you for posting that. I know how much time scanning that many pages can take.

Post# 250506 , Reply# 55   11/26/2007 at 21:25 (5,966 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        

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Thank you for all those postings!

Nice of you to sacrifice a catalogue!


Post# 251052 , Reply# 56   11/29/2007 at 13:03 (5,964 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)        

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In the third picture, a little wheel on the right reads 4 2 0 What's going on here? ;'D

I must tell you that when I saw the Visimatic wringer with the spray rinse, I nearly passed out from shock. If you knew how many times I've wrung on slow speed, meditating on how cool it would be if only there were a long row of sprays hitting the clothes, you'd understand. I really went nuts, and swooned for days:"How could we get one?!"

Wonder if anyone in the club has seen such a dream in the flesh.

Also, the Combo is not any old Combo that "sloshes clothes in a little Puddle"--ha ha, A PUDDLE, (My God ! it's the same thing today in the new machines)--but "sprays clothes in a hot jet of suds." Which means that not only WP combos but KM's as well wash in this coveted manner, which means that now we all have twice the chance of getting one of these super efficient, most fun to watch machines!!

Like, Eugene, I've slept in this thread many times. It's tremendous. Thank you, G.


Post# 251070 , Reply# 57   11/29/2007 at 14:04 (5,964 days old) by dadoes (TX, U.S. of A.)        

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I imagine 4 2 0 are dosage levels for fabric softener control (4 oz., 2 oz., or 0 oz.). Likewise there are 8 6 4 markings visible for the liquid detergent control.

Post# 251158 , Reply# 58   11/29/2007 at 23:05 (5,963 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)        
Thanks, Glenn, and here i thought it an invitation to spoke

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always thought that it was only the maytag 906 offering the single push-button feature

wonder if the other boys had it: Frigidaire, Norge, etc.


Post# 251228 , Reply# 59   11/30/2007 at 07:35 (5,963 days old) by mrboilwash (Munich,Germany)        

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Thanks for sharing with us !
It would be awsome to see some pages of the small appliances in the Sandbox Forum as well.
(If it doesen`t cause too much of a bother)


Post# 251858 , Reply# 60   12/3/2007 at 19:12 (5,959 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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bump & grind to the top

Post# 256529 , Reply# 61   12/27/2007 at 19:26 (5,935 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)        
I'm dumb and I cheated because Aworg Academy is back in

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Something familiar in the exposed control panel in Gansky's new thread had me by the gonads. What machine is this? Why can't I figure it out? So I got in touch with Jons to see if he knew and he directed me to the Lady Kenmore in this thread. Bingo. As soon as you scroll up you'll recognize that short flat dense long control panel as belonging to the one-touch Lady.

Thanks to another genius, Glenn, I'm guessing that the air pump works the dosages (Hi Laundress) for the soap & softener dispensers.


Post# 256532 , Reply# 62   12/27/2007 at 19:47 (5,935 days old) by jmirawm (Barling Arkansas)        
......so I decided to sacrifice one for the greater good of

I started grinning when I read this .... I remembered spock saying as he was dying ( imagine Greg here as he was sacrificing his catalog for us )

"The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the one."

Indeed, thank you for your sacrifice Greg.

sorry for the interruption, continue with your discussion! :)

Post# 256537 , Reply# 63   12/27/2007 at 20:32 (5,935 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)        
Tom, he most likely knows how scan a catalog without sheddin

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;'D

Post# 256540 , Reply# 64   12/27/2007 at 21:10 (5,935 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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You're exactly right, Mike, the air pump is for the dispensers. There is a valve on the timer that controls which dispenser is operated at the proper time in the cycles. It is the same system as Philco-Bendix used in their TOL combos in the early-mid 60's to run their dispensers. I won't have time to get pictures ready for posting tonight - but perhaps I can do that over the weekend. I haven't had the top up on the washer yet so I'm not sure what I'm going to find with the dispensers and how they're attached to the machine, etc.

All new, all different, all Kenmore!

(The catalog was only a small sacrifice as I bid on two accidentally on ebay with AuctionSniper.com so had to buy them both! I pulled apart the one that wasn't as nice.)



Post# 256543 , Reply# 65   12/27/2007 at 21:35 (5,935 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E)        
How To Save 78 Boxes of Detergent:

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Nurdlinger:

You wrote:

" Here's what you'll save the very first year

78 boxes of detergent

How could this possibly be true? That is more than one a week. How much detergent in a "box"?


The answer is not much- in the '50s and early '60s, most boxes of detergent were small by today's standards. I don't recall seeing really big boxes very often. I think the idea was not to tax Milady's delicate wristbones too much, or something. If you'll look at old detergent ads from this era, you'll see what I mean.


Post# 256544 , Reply# 66   12/27/2007 at 21:39 (5,935 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)        
YAY for me--now, I'll pass--no Dunce cap indeed!

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Thanks Greg

Greatly anticipating the next class.


Post# 256546 , Reply# 67   12/27/2007 at 22:07 (5,935 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)        

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Veg--- Don't know if anyone answered your question from the post above. The 'cycle hold' switch is the equivalent of pushing the timer dial in on a regular washer. You flip the switch down and the washer stops (but console and interior lights stay on.) Flip it up and the cycle continues.

If you want to completely shut down the power (interior lights included), you'd engage any one of the cycle buttons, then immediately move it to the center (or neutral) position. The rapid advance timer would fast forward the timer to a full 'OFF'.


Post# 256597 , Reply# 68   12/28/2007 at 10:47 (5,935 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)        

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Eugene, you had this machine and let it go--Can't imagine the self-flagellations you're enduriing.

Cycle hold was replaced by CANCEL--or, rather evolved into it.

Gram used Wisk; that's the only liquid I remember. Wonder what other liquids existed back then.


Post# 256611 , Reply# 69   12/28/2007 at 12:43 (5,935 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)        

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Hi mickeyd---I didn't have this exact machine; I grew up with a pushbutton Model 80 (pictured above). Then I had a 1959 LK (in yellow, and never used, no less) for a couple of years in the mid-90's. I sold the LK pair and a late 70's Frigidaire 1-18 washer in a fit of downsizing. I lived in a warehouse-style apartment downtown, across the street from an appliance store at the time. They were all rescued from the scrap heap.

But I still kick myself regularly for getting rid of them. Especially that sweet Lady K.;
Little did I know I'd become a part of the AW family only a few years later.


Post# 256612 , Reply# 70   12/28/2007 at 14:23 (5,935 days old) by appnut (TX)        
All

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Was the only other liquid I remember back then too.

Post# 256619 , Reply# 71   12/28/2007 at 17:30 (5,934 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)        

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All and Wisk were the only two liquids I can recall (from the early-to-mid 1960s, anyway). And I just don't remember many people using them. Nearly everyone in my sphere used powders.

Post# 256621 , Reply# 72   12/28/2007 at 17:34 (5,934 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)        

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Greg, when you get this baby up-and-running, this is a question I'd like answered:

Is there a drain/spin after the SUPER WASH cycle, or does the main wash use the same tub of water, ala Whirlpool's super wash?


Post# 256644 , Reply# 73   12/28/2007 at 20:40 (5,934 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)        
Eugene, you do know--and I'm betting the farm--that WP&#

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The loaded Lady K's do this: Fill>soak for 30 min with intermittent agitation> pre-wash for 4 minutes> drain&spin> proceed to wash, all automatically, including soap dispension.

To accomplish you press these buttons SOAK + PRE-WASH + COTTONS, etc.

This machine is so unusual maybe it combines the usual Lady K Sequence, then does a Superwash, draining some of the water and then refilling.

The Whirlpools always remind you to use one and one-half doses of detergent for the super wash.

This machine is so unusual, who knows of its wonders?

Can't wait for Greg to tell us-- and the story of where it came from.


Post# 256653 , Reply# 74   12/28/2007 at 21:04 (5,934 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        
Super Wash

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That will be interesting to find out, we'll have to sit on pins and needles until we get the timer back and the one million wires reattached!

I had an electronic control Whirlpool that had a four or six minute agitation, partial drain and then advanced into the main wash. You could use 1 1/2 times the normal amount of detergent and end up with an adequate amount left for the main wash.


Post# 256657 , Reply# 75   12/28/2007 at 21:25 (5,934 days old) by launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)        
The Little Blue Jug Is Dynamo!

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All and Wisk were pretty much all there was for liquid laundry detergents until Dynamo came along. Still remember the marketing: "Recommended by women who used to use powders". Dynamo was also billed as only needing 1/4 cup to get a full sized load "really clean".

When Dynamo was launched, they sent out people blanket every home in our area (and probably other places in the US as well), with a generous sample kit which included a nice measuring cup, which I STILL have and use to this day. Cup is so khwel, with it's clearly marked "1/4" line! Today you are lucky if you even get any sort of detergent scoop besides those ghastly green things. Will have to say if you contact P&G and ask nicely, they usually send some coupons your way.



Post# 256658 , Reply# 76   12/28/2007 at 21:41 (5,934 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)        

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Well, actually I didn't realize the Whirlpool 'super wash' had a partial drain before the main wash. Again, we learn something new every day! Thanks for the clarification, guys.

Post# 256661 , Reply# 77   12/28/2007 at 21:50 (5,934 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)        

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I'm trying to remember if my '85 WP had a super wash. If so, either I never used it or didn't stick around during the cycle to find out there was a partial drain before the main wash. I honestly don't remember a lot about that washer--didn't have it long before I moved and left the machine with the house--except that the agitator had the extra little 'wings' down at the skirt. I was doing a lot of drugs at the time, LOL.

Post# 256667 , Reply# 78   12/28/2007 at 22:32 (5,934 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)        
I was doing a lot of drugs at the time, LOL.

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You never fail to please, Eugene!

There are no separate gizmos for the Superwash Operation; it's just there, all humble, before the regular cycle. Ironically, the little WP portable, so powerful and fast spinning, actually has a 6 or 4 or 2 minute SW. You get to pick. The standard is 4. Checking the manual on the big WP, instructions call for a DOUBLE dose of detergent.

So won't this be quite the talk of town if Greg's new Lady combines the Soak&prewash with a superwash.



Post# 256679 , Reply# 79   12/28/2007 at 23:36 (5,934 days old) by dadoes (TX, U.S. of A.)        

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My ~1992 KA has an "extra wash" selection that does the same thing as Whirlpool's classic Super Wash -- 4 mins agitation, partial drain, proceed into normal cycle.

Post# 256760 , Reply# 80   12/29/2007 at 12:53 (5,934 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)        
Eugene and Friends

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Here is a link to a movie with me showing a Super Wash; it happens right away, so you won't have to suffer thru the whole thing.

CLICK HERE TO GO TO mickeyd's LINK


Post# 256945 , Reply# 81   12/30/2007 at 18:15 (5,932 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)        

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Great video, mickeyd! Thanks for the link. That little WP really spins.

Post# 256985 , Reply# 82   12/30/2007 at 22:41 (5,932 days old) by powerfin64 (Yakima, Washington)        
Oh what a Joy..

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Michael, I forgotten how wonderful your Dorothy Street Whirlpool video is! I just love it! I can relate, I now have a 85-ish BD Whirlpool Imperial 70 Super capacity Washer, WITH a "Double-Duty Super Surgilator"! I love it!

Rich


Post# 256992 , Reply# 83   12/30/2007 at 23:04 (5,932 days old) by bongobro ()        
No "Brand Central" in 1960!

Wow, how times have changed since 1960! Can you imagine Sears trying to put a catalog together today (internet notwithstanding) with Kenmore, Maytag, GE, Whirlpool, Amana, LG and Frigidaire washers?

BTW, Wisk was the only liquid laundry product I recall for many years--at least in St. Louis. P & G launched liquids called Tag and Biz (yeah, Biz!) shortly after Wisk was launched, but P & G had production problems which they really didn't get solved until Era came out in the 70s. I remember a Liquid "all," but Unilever's big push was Cold Water "all" which was introduced in St. Louis around 1964.

Dynamo was first introduced as a blue, 1/2-cup Wisk-type liquid in 1962 or 1963 (St. Louis may have been a test market). I remember their TV commercials, because Dynamo claimed it "fights dirt backwash" (early liquids apparently didn't keep dirt from washing back onto the clean clothes). George O'Hanlon, the voice of George Jetson, was the grumpy father in a series of commercials featuring a typical family (including a very large sheep dog named Siegfried who jumped on people and got them dirty, hence the need for Dynamo). In 1963, there was even a "controlled suds Dynamo powder"--which disappeared when Ajax Laundry Detergent debuted in 1964.

The 1/4-cup Dynamo debuted in 1975 ("the little blue jug is...")..."ho, ho, ho, now you know..."


Post# 258702 , Reply# 84   1/8/2008 at 20:41 (5,923 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        

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These are great, still check them out frequently.
I used to look at the Sears catalogue for hours as a kid! I guess techinical via this post I still do.


Post# 258877 , Reply# 85   1/9/2008 at 17:14 (5,922 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)        

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Excuse the gratuitous bumping of this thread to the top of the heap, once again. I love being able to look at the pretty pretty catalog washers. I've made it my personal goal to keep this thread afloat and available as long as possible. It would be a shame to see it slip into an archive-coma.

Post# 259100 , Reply# 86   1/10/2008 at 19:25 (5,921 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        
I need a fix!

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oh Greg, dear, may we impose upon you? :-)

and post some pix of Newtom wouja, huh? huh? huh?


Post# 259116 , Reply# 87   1/10/2008 at 20:07 (5,921 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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Pics of what now?

Post# 259147 , Reply# 88   1/10/2008 at 21:26 (5,921 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        
Take a vote!

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oh I don't know. Stoves/ refs., HVAC, central-air...whatever your heart feels like doing. And many thanks in advance!

You time and efforts are MOST appreciated!


Post# 259159 , Reply# 89   1/10/2008 at 22:22 (5,921 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)        
Thank You Powerfin and Frigilux

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I had no idea you looked. I'm so happy because you know it's very humbling to admit that at my age, a silly washer video is one of the best thing I've ever done. Pathetic but true. And anyone else who's interested in friendship, you can get sense of me from the video in the link above. It was inspired by all the work Robert and Greg do for us here at Aworg.

Wild thing is I reread the wonderfully friendly thread you all generated last Xmas when I did this, and Robert, you never said a word. Now there's a huge piece of Humble Pie for me to eat.

Working on a new movie: The Aqua 62 LK, the Spray Rinsing 62 Frigidaire, and the full sequence of a "real" load of wash in the Easy Spin, not just pretty face towels and new socks.


Post# 259162 , Reply# 90   1/10/2008 at 22:27 (5,921 days old) by arrrooohhh (Sydney Australia)        
This is a great thread!

I really enjoyed looking at all those Kenmores!

Thanks Gansky!


Post# 259262 , Reply# 91   1/11/2008 at 11:29 (5,921 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)        
Was making fun of MYSELF for never showing real loads in pix

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Thanks Frigilux and Powerfin

had no idea you looked. I'm so happy because you know it's very humbling to admit that at my age, a silly washer video is one of the best thing I've ever done. Pathetic but true. And anyone else who's interested in friendship, you can get sense of me from the video in the link above. It was inspired by all the work Robert and Greg do for us here at Aworg.

Wild thing is I reread the wonderfully friendly thread you all generated last Xmas when I did this, and Robert, you never said a word. Now there's a huge piece of Humble Pie for me to eat.

Working on a new movie: The Aqua 62 LK, the Spray Rinsing 62 Frigidaire, and the full sequence of a "real" load of wash in the Easy Spin, not just pretty face towels and new socks.


Post# 260113 , Reply# 92   1/15/2008 at 18:40 (5,916 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)        
Here it is, Steve. Just scroll up eleven blocks.

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;'D

Post# 263133 , Reply# 93   2/3/2008 at 21:36 (5,897 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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Bump!!

Post# 1125611 , Reply# 94   8/12/2021 at 09:33 (959 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)        
Hello Bill, the Dry Cleaner

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Back in the heyday of Aworg, Greg Gansky1 would treat us on holidays like Memorial Day, the Fourth, Labor day, and randomly as the spirit moved him, to gigantic threads of scans from his vintage Sears Catalogs. It took many of us back to our childhood days when we devoured every word and dreamed about the pictures. One time Greg did a scan of a spray rinsing wringer, and I nearly lost my feces. After the excitement came so many questions: How does the water get into the wringer? Wouldn't the rinse water flow back into the wash water? Do you have to keep the pump on, lest the rinsage overflow the tub? Etcetera.

Then years later, something appeared in the ephemera and it was breath-taking. The Visimatic Spray Rinsing Wringer is the most complex and highly engineered wringer in history. It attaches to the water supply by way of a standard inlet hose leading to a valve on the wringer head. A copper tube, with multiple openings travels across the width of the wringer, saturating the soapy laundry before it hits the rollers. Think about the way a 1-18 sprays a load. Next, the sprayed water falls into a much larger than usual drain tray.

AND THEN--now, hold on to your party hats!--the water exits via a short hose into the sink, diverted from the wash tub where wrung wash water usually goes. How Brilliant. It may have been a bit cumbersome, but this is only a guess, to move the wringer around with the hose attached, and thus not a crowd pleaser.
Another memory from the ephemera is that it also had a valve switch that would allow you to FILL or RINSE, and the the volume of the water flow was adjustable. Dying some day to see that fill flume.* And, the crowd be damned, there is nothing I wouldn't do, give, or pay to have this cumbersome engineering miracle some day.


* Could be confusing the fill/rinse option with the Apex version of this wringer.

PS: If I find my misplaced ephemera, will return with more info.

Good Day,

Michael, MickeyD, named not after Mc Donald's but in honor of my adored Aunt Mickey (Lenore) who let me play with her Easy Spindrer.




Post# 1125614 , Reply# 95   8/12/2021 at 09:42 (959 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)        
HI GREG

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Excuse me, Greg. I dialed the wrong number. Smiling.

Post# 1125615 , Reply# 96   8/12/2021 at 10:03 (959 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI)        

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Pretty machines! (& who wouldn't need the ventilators and exhaust fans presented?)

That's what got everyone flocking out to Sears...



-- Dave


Post# 1125616 , Reply# 97   8/12/2021 at 10:25 (959 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O )        

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talk about reviving an ancient thread from when I was barely outta puberty.

re the Homart brand name which I never really gave any thought to other than it was a Sears brand. I'm assuming now it was actually a contraction for "Home Art"



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