Thread Number: 55496
A beautiful 40" 1950's GE range $100 (Marshfield, WI) |
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Post# 778866   8/23/2014 at 07:53 (3,505 days old) by polkanut (Wausau, WI )   |   | |
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This range was in an upstairs apartment and now has been moved downstairs. It looks to be in great cosmetic condition. Also looks as if it might have a deep-well cooker in the left rear. Wish the seller had taken some interior pics though. CLICK HERE TO GO TO polkanut's LINK on Wausau Craigslist |
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Post# 778909 , Reply# 1   8/23/2014 at 15:24 (3,505 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c )   |   | |
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This was the first pushbutton model, 48 or 49, and yes, the left rear unit can be lowered for the Thrift Cooker, a very good range! |
Post# 778922 , Reply# 2   8/23/2014 at 17:10 (3,504 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E)   |   | |
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....'52, if I'm not mistaken.
Looks like a Stratoliner or Airliner, with the minute timer but without the salt and pepper set - and also without the cooktop light, which TOL Liberators had in a chromed housing above the pushbutton array. And yes, it is supposed to have a deep-well cooker, though the CL ad has no info on whether or not the deep-well parts are included or available. And here's a photo: This post was last edited 08/23/2014 at 20:03 |
Post# 778941 , Reply# 4   8/23/2014 at 20:22 (3,504 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E)   |   | |
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Post# 778947 , Reply# 5   8/23/2014 at 20:48 (3,504 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E)   |   | |
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"What were large crowds of people doing until midnight in the late 40s?"
Coming home after a late movie - popular with older grown-ups because there weren't young families in attendance. At that time, this was a perfectly safe activity. It was easier to stay up late then than now, because you damn well had Saturday off. Entirely off, with no emails, phone calls or other corporate horsetwaddle driving you nuts when you should be resting. |
Post# 778950 , Reply# 6   8/23/2014 at 21:20 (3,504 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)   |   | |
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DD2-F1 was also a 1949 model according to the 13th edition of the NARDA 1960 Official Home Appliance Trade In Blue Book published by the National Appliance Publishing Company at 5004 McKenna Rd. in Madison 4, Wisc. |
Post# 778978 , Reply# 7   8/24/2014 at 04:58 (3,504 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E)   |   | |
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Post# 778983 , Reply# 8   8/24/2014 at 06:03 (3,504 days old) by alr2903 (TN)   |   | |
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What are the "oven", 4 pushbuttons on the far right, please? Tom was the pressure cooker intended more as a canner, or regular cooking? |
Post# 779005 , Reply# 9   8/24/2014 at 08:22 (3,504 days old) by ovrphil (N.Atlanta / Georgia )   |   | |
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Early 50's - my parents always went out on weekends in the 40's and into the late 50's until I was 13...dancing and partying with their friends. They didn't come back to cook, but fell asleep. My mom used to cook for her Bunco or women's club, which got started around 8PM and lasted past midnight. She didn't have this stove, but she used it before they arrived and only made coffee on it, with the a conically-shaped colander inside a tall stainless steel coffee pot. Midnight snacks and suppers? Maybe in a larger family, with other lifestyles, that might happen. I love the old descriptive literature provided with these stoves, appliances and older cooking books. This stove doesn't appeal to my visual side, but the features are great and I would like to see the lighted pushbuttons and oven selectors. Interesting thread - thanks Tom and Sandy. This stove goes back to my beginning.
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Post# 779103 , Reply# 11   8/24/2014 at 16:28 (3,503 days old) by alr2903 (TN)   |   | |
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Thanks Tom, I see it now. I see your point about capacity for canning. alr |
Post# 779378 , Reply# 12   8/25/2014 at 17:43 (3,502 days old) by CircleW (NE Cincinnati OH area)   |   | |
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I prefer this style used for '49 thru '52 over the first Louisville models, that were from '53 thru '56. |