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Coronado wringer
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Post# 320153   12/17/2008 at 17:43 (5,580 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)        

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Post# 320156 , Reply# 1   12/17/2008 at 17:51 (5,580 days old) by filterflo (Chicago Area)        

Appears to be a Speed Queen design........

Post# 320178 , Reply# 2   12/17/2008 at 20:01 (5,580 days old) by polkanut (Wausau, WI )        

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I would have to agree that this looks like a Speed Queen based machine.

Post# 320306 , Reply# 3   12/18/2008 at 16:04 (5,579 days old) by polkanut (Wausau, WI )        

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If I'm not mistaken, Coronado badged appliances were sold by Gambles stores.

Post# 320316 , Reply# 4   12/18/2008 at 16:28 (5,579 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)        

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Yes, Gambles had the Coronado brand. Their refrigerators were Admiral. Never saw a Coronado wringer.

Post# 320478 , Reply# 5   12/19/2008 at 12:07 (5,578 days old) by paulg (My sweet home... Chicago)        
Coronado

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I've seen a bunch of Coronado stuff over the years but never saw a Gambles store.
Where were those stores?
Similarly, "WHITE" stores sold "CATALINA" stuff. Where were they also??


Post# 320525 , Reply# 6   12/19/2008 at 17:03 (5,578 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)        
Gambles

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A small history of Gambles. Chicago connection, Paul! Aldens was part of Gambles.


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Post# 321547 , Reply# 7   12/28/2008 at 18:14 (5,569 days old) by paulg (My sweet home... Chicago)        
AHA!

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Thanks for the info! I get the connection now.
I remember visiting ALDENs as a child. Our ALDENS store was creepy. Additionally, at North Halsted and Hawthorne in Chicago there is still a rooftop water tank with "ALDENS" emblazoned on it. Some old signage still remains.
Thanks!


Post# 321603 , Reply# 8   12/29/2008 at 05:31 (5,568 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)        

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There is a big warehouse on Cicero, a bit south of I290, that says Aldens on the overhang over the door. I think it also says something about it being a discount outlet.

Post# 321742 , Reply# 9   12/30/2008 at 09:14 (5,567 days old) by abcomatic (Bradford, Illinois)        

I am from Pontiac,IL and we had a Gambles Store there where my mother bought here first automatic pair, the best automatic washer and dryer that they sold under the Coronado name. The washer had 16 cycles that were programed automatically. All you had to do was push the button that you wanted EX. number 1 was (Whites with bleach). Push the button with the number that you wanted and set the timer with the corresponding number and the wash was ready to go. Time and temp. were set that way. The washer cleaned very well with a deep overflow rinse;however, it shook violently during the spin cycle and finally shook itself to death in 1971. The washer lasted 8 years and the dryer 22. Have fun all. Gary

Post# 321890 , Reply# 10   12/31/2008 at 12:22 (5,566 days old) by paulg (My sweet home... Chicago)        
That may be the Chicago Aldens...

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If the Aldens warehouse south of I290 is a multi-story building, that may be the one I went to as a child. I only have a little memory left, but to get to the "store" you had to walk up three flights of stairs! I cannot remember where in Chicago that was but I remember it as being "warehousy".
At each stair landing there was a sign that said something like "Three floors to good savings", "Two more floors to go!", "You're one floor away from the best buys in town" etc etc. We weren't completely amused.
I don't think Cicero at I290 is the best part of town nowadays... Thanks for the info.


Post# 321924 , Reply# 11   12/31/2008 at 15:52 (5,566 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)        

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No, that neighborhood isn't the best end of town! It's about a 4-5 story warehouse, I think it's at Cicero, and Roosevelt. I go by it quite a bit, we have a customer I deliver to, on Lake Street, just west of Cicero.


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