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Post# 66738   5/14/2005 at 13:48 (6,892 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Isn't this the matching washer to a dryer listing I posted earlier? Launderess CLICK HERE TO GO TO Launderess's LINK on eBay |
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Post# 66740 , Reply# 1   5/14/2005 at 14:24 (6,892 days old) by Gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA)   |   | |
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Looks pretty "Deluxe" with push buttons and water levels! My guess is 1953. My '55 just had a dial of three water temps. And the old workhorse "straight-vane" agitator. A good clean-up and this one should look pretty good! What a classic '50s Kenmore look. |
Post# 66757 , Reply# 3   5/14/2005 at 18:38 (6,892 days old) by PeteK (Ontari ari ari O )   |   | |
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I'm pretty sure that's the same or similar Kenmore washer my folks had prior to me arriving in 56. Ours did have a sud-saver on it. They must have got it around 1950-51 when my sis was born and they had just moved cities. Mom never mentioned ever having a wringer washer so that was her first since emigrating from the UK in 48. Our dryer was a later Kenmore and what I remember about it was that it had a "purple" light in the drum..ultraviolet. I was always told not to play in there and look at the light I only recollect one family in the neighborhood having a wringer washer and the mom losing part of her finger in it. The Kenmore washer lasted until 1974 and she bought a new Kenmore which finally went in about 2002
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Post# 66760 , Reply# 5   5/14/2005 at 20:18 (6,892 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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I knew I wasn't crazy. My aunt and godmother bought used a push-button matched set like this. I wish there aws a gerat Kenmore historian here because I do remember it had buttons and didn't have a filter. The reason why they got the pair was from a neighbor who wanted new ones cuz the timer didn't work right anymore. It had a "modern fabrics" cycle on it which I vividly remember, cuz I tried it once, it just sat & "grrr"ed. And yes, the dryer had the ultraviolit light and had push-buttons also. I can still smell that "smell" of opening the washer when it wasn't in use. This one lasted until the 64 or 65 Model 500 they bought. The dryer was replaced by the model 70 dryer that matches the washer Mark (lightedcontrols) found.
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Post# 66853 , Reply# 6   5/15/2005 at 15:05 (6,891 days old) by jasonl (Cookeville, TN)   |   | |
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Oh I wish I had my own house with a basement right about now. This is the land of vintage stuff so getting a collection shouldn't bee too hard. |
Post# 66877 , Reply# 7   5/15/2005 at 17:52 (6,891 days old) by PeterH770 (Marietta, GA)   |   | |
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