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Post# 512242   4/18/2011 at 22:10 (4,727 days old) by yogitunes (New Jersey)        

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washer can't be any more than 1977........dryer I am not sure of, but it has to be in the 50/60's....a little steep on the price too, for something they are not sure works

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Post# 512255 , Reply# 1   4/18/2011 at 23:10 (4,727 days old) by CircleW (NE Cincinnati OH area)        

I would say the GE dryer is from between 1954 and 1956.

Post# 512298 , Reply# 2   4/19/2011 at 05:29 (4,727 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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That dryer is more like 1955, not 1954.;  Closer to 1956 also.  That's the matching dryer to the washer my parents got to replace the Bendix I kept molesting while running!!  Jetcone also grew up with the same washer, but with a Filter-Flo.


Post# 512304 , Reply# 3   4/19/2011 at 06:55 (4,727 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)        
I hope someone grabs this

We have that dryer, if the dial is turquoise. The dial was backlit and had a stationary clear light bar, like later Kenmore dishwashers, past which the dial rotated to show the cycle's progress. It was GE's first auto dry dryer. The door handle is unique for its time. You could pull on the right side of the handle to open the door if you had a free hand, but you could also push on the left side of the handle with your knee to open the door, handy in the days before the foot pedal. The no-heat portion of the cycle has a drop of water for the sprinkle symbol. There is a tube with a row of holes which fits into the drum along one of the vanes. When it was filled with water, it would dampen clothes for ironing, an important task in those days. 1956 was the last year for the old dryer design with the perforated drum, exposed open coil heating element and the Hamiltonesque air flow with the lint screen at the bottom. To make it easier to "air out" the dryer after use, the door would hold in a slightly open position without turning on the tub light. The lighting system was another transitional phase for this dryer. Earlier models had a germicidal lamp (ozone bulb), but with this model, GE introduced a solid cake air freshener. They still had the two porcelain lamp sockets wired in series (so that the 40 watt bulb would serve as ballast for the ozone bulb) in the base of the dryer, but there was a little brass-clad porcelain plug screwed into the socket for the ozone bulb so that the drum lamp would light. The dryer was very quiet in operation.

Post# 512306 , Reply# 4   4/19/2011 at 07:10 (4,727 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)        
MT WASHER AND GE DRYER

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I can't be sure but it looks like the washer is a suds-saver model, this is a fair price for two classic machines that are probably in very good condition.


Post# 512430 , Reply# 5   4/19/2011 at 19:31 (4,726 days old) by appnut (TX)        
Dryer backlit stationary clear light bar

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John, naturally, your description is spot on perfect.  Surprisingly, that little light rmained functional when the machine was carted out the laundry room door to make way for the new Norge DispensoMat in December 1963. 


Post# 513390 , Reply# 6   4/24/2011 at 10:12 (4,722 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)        
Excuse Me, Excuse Me, I have a Correction

The dryer is a 55. By 56 GE had BOTH a pedal and a rectangular turquoise button to open the dryer door.


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