Orrin Thompson, the developer of the 50's/60's era "ticky tacky" suburb where I grew up put GE appliances in all the houses, including the gas furnaces and water heaters.  As the houses were being built the purchasers could choose to have a freestanding range or either of the built-in options; a slide-in range or separate cooktop and oven.   For some reason dishwashers were never a part of the package.  Dishwashers didn't start appearing in the model homes until the 70's and by then I seem to recall that the builder had switched to a different brand of appliances.   Seeing the dizzying array of options again in this brochure brings back a ton of pleasant memories! 

That is funny.  I often wondered why dishwashers were never an option in all those houses.  Eventually some people got portables.  We got one when I was about 14 and then by the mid 70's some people remodeled the kitchens and installed built-ins.   The only built-in dishwashers I remember from my early childhood were in other communities, usually in custom-built houses, not developments like ours, and they were almost all Kitchenaids.  Oh how I wanted one of those, and now I finally have one, if I can get it up and running!