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Post# 603669   6/14/2012 at 22:10 (4,330 days old) by countryford (Austin, MN)   |   | |
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Here is a vintage dryer, I've never seen this brand before. Looks like Bradford
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Post# 603673 , Reply# 1   6/14/2012 at 22:34 (4,330 days old) by lebron (Minnesota)   |   | |
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Post# 603676 , Reply# 2   6/14/2012 at 22:49 (4,330 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 603762 , Reply# 3   6/15/2012 at 06:45 (4,330 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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Post# 603788 , Reply# 4   6/15/2012 at 08:25 (4,330 days old) by vintagekenmore (Spokane, Washington)   |   | |
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it is a Bradford! |
Post# 603792 , Reply# 5   6/15/2012 at 08:36 (4,330 days old) by Kenmoreguy64 (Charlotte, NC)   |   | |
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Bradford was the house brand of Grant's department store. They were a mid-west chain, which went out of business in the 70s.
When I was a kid in Michigan, our neighbor's Dad was a Grant's store manager. All their non-builder supplied appliances were Bradford. Naturally the ones I remember best were the washer/dryer, which were Avocado, were brand new, and appeard to be Norge built, at least the washer. This was the mid-1970s. This dryer appears about 20-years older? Who knows what manufacturer they came from back then. Gordon |
Post# 603795 , Reply# 6   6/15/2012 at 08:57 (4,330 days old) by golittlesport (California)   |   | |
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Post# 603802 , Reply# 7   6/15/2012 at 09:22 (4,330 days old) by jamiel (Detroit, Michigan and Palm Springs, CA)   |   | |
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I'm coming at this from a different angle...was there ever a Bradford Stove Company (Bradford, PA is a small industrial city in Pennsylvania). I don't think Grants ever had a credit business (or appliances, which rely on a credit business) before roughly 1965 or so.
I'd bet this was a re-badge for the stove company (viz: Caloric dryer) without any connection to Grants. |
Post# 603966 , Reply# 9   6/15/2012 at 22:51 (4,329 days old) by macboy91si (Frankfort, KY)   |   | |
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