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Thread Number: 46100
Mad men coin op Maytags |
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| Post# 673652 4/18/2013 at 02:20 (4,048 days old) by alr2903 (TN) | ||
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Were the Maytags on this weeks episode in the basement laundry room with Meagan and her housekeeper of the correct vintage? They seemed too new to me. alr | ||
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Post# 673665 , Reply# 1 4/18/2013 at 04:26 (4,048 days old) by Frigilux  (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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Post# 673704 , Reply# 2 4/18/2013 at 10:59 (4,048 days old) by kb0nes (Burnsville, MN) |
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Post# 673716 , Reply# 3 4/18/2013 at 12:10 (4,048 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay) |
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| Post# 673724 , Reply# 4 4/18/2013 at 12:54 (4,048 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA) | ||
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Post# 673726 , Reply# 5 4/18/2013 at 13:06 (4,048 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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 Drew - I think you're spot on. When I watched the scene, I noticed the LDE series handle on the dryer door (not visible in the screen shot above). IIRC, the panel design seen here was used from the early 70's on. The commercial big load dryers would have been around starting in '73.
While most folks would deduct points, I'll give them props for at least trying to find several commercial machines that look period correct - regardless if they are or are not.
Ben | ||
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Post# 673729 , Reply# 6 4/18/2013 at 13:23 (4,048 days old) by kb0nes (Burnsville, MN) |
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Gratuitous Door Shot | ||
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Post# 673734 , Reply# 7 4/18/2013 at 13:52 (4,048 days old) by coldspot66 (Plymouth, Mass) |
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although they do have the proper single coin slide. | ||
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Post# 673749 , Reply# 8 4/18/2013 at 14:29 (4,048 days old) by rapidry1000 (San Francisco) |
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I remember the Maytag coin operated washers of the 60's were based on the basic Highlander style with a temperature toggle switch for either hot or warm wash and an agitator like the Maytag wringer. | ||
| Post# 673759 , Reply# 9 4/18/2013 at 14:47 (4,047 days old) by whirlcool (Just North Of Houston, Texas) | ||
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I have never been to a coin op where you have a dryer next to a washer of the same make. Usually all the washers are together and then on one or two walls you usually have huge commercial dryers by Huebsch, Speed Queen or Wascomat. It has been that way since I have been a little kid. | ||
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Post# 673761 , Reply# 10 4/18/2013 at 14:56 (4,047 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay) |
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Allen, I agree with you when discussing washers and dryers in the context of a coin-op public laundromat, but in private apartment buildings matched sets have been the rule rather than the exception in my experience, and the space provided for the facility can often dictate how the machines are configured. | ||
| Post# 673775 , Reply# 11 4/18/2013 at 15:57 (4,047 days old) by Maytagbear (N.E. Ohio) | ||
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Yes- In the dorms at Hiram, they also had adapted home washers and dryers....FilterFlo GE's, in my case. Big dryers, like Cissell and Huebsch would be more prone to vandalism, as well as not being very space efficient. This is also true in most apartment buildings. Lawrence/Maytagbear | ||
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Post# 673779 , Reply# 12 4/18/2013 at 16:03 (4,047 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay) |
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| Post# 673824 , Reply# 13 4/18/2013 at 21:29 (4,047 days old) by redcarpetdrew (Fairfield, CA) | ||
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