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Thread Number: 59365
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Post# 819585 , Reply# 1 4/16/2015 at 19:36 (3,287 days old) by turquoisedude  (.) |
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 Interesting... around these parts, you're far more likely to find a vintage dryer than a washer... I had always figured that dryers had fewer moving parts and weren't full of water, so they lasted better. I've seen a surprising number of 1950s and 1960s models turn up even in the past few years within my 'driving radius'.
Matched sets of a washer and dryer were not all that common from what I remember when I was a brat in the 60s and 70s. There were some odd combinations of ancient washing machines with modern dryers and vice-versa; there were even a few wringer washers paired up with a dryer. Fortunately most Canadians were 'thrifty' (read 'cheap') so at least most machines were white, but in the 80s, I remember a lot folks with a Harvest Gold dryer and a white washer. | ||
| Post# 819833 , Reply# 2 4/18/2015 at 04:28 (3,286 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c ) | ||
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The reason dryers are scarce Is, I think, because they were so few of them sold to begin with, back in the 50s most women thought you had to hang out your clothes, at least in the South, the older women wouldn't think of using a dryer, Donalds Mother still does not have one. | ||
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Post# 819834 , Reply# 3 4/18/2015 at 05:30 (3,286 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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Post# 819848 , Reply# 4 4/18/2015 at 07:28 (3,286 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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During The Post War Boom
Methinks most households if they only could afford one appliance, went for a new washing machine. While a tumble dryer is wonderful to have especially in areas of the country without nice weather four or more months out of the year, washing is the hardest part of laundry day. Once things are laundered (hopefully fully automatically), hanging things up to dry be it indoors or out isn't such a huge deal.
Once homes got indoor plumbing and you have a fully automatic washing machine it does mean laundry can be done more often. That frees up from saving one day per week to tackle mounds of laundry. Just got a set of vintage Consumer Reports Buying Guides from the 1950's. Noticed while they reviewed ironers in the early issues, by the middle 1950's or so you start to see more reviews of automatic dryers. Indeed as dryers gained coverage you saw less and less about ironers. Indeed by the later issues reviews of dryers became more extensive and ironers all but vanished. | ||
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Post# 819849 , Reply# 5 4/18/2015 at 07:31 (3,286 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Vintage Dryers 50s-the 1960s Even though early AWs outsold dryers more than 3 to 1 there are certainly more old dryers out there than washers, for several reasons
1 Dryers last longer, anything that deals with water will have a shorter life expectancy.
2 a lot of people who bought dryers in this time period did not use them much, AWs were almost always used very few owners went back to the wringer washer. | ||
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Post# 819851 , Reply# 6 4/18/2015 at 08:09 (3,285 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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True
It may be difficult in some parts of the country but you can find old dryers in various condition.
Years ago when appliances cost dear when new the lively second hand market had plenty of washers and dryers. That or someone gave you their set because they purchased new. IMHO one big reason you often do not find vintage dryers is when the washing machine went either from customer request or dealer suggestion, the dryer was replaced as well. Many people seemed to like matched sets and so perfectly good dryers were hauled off just because... My mother like her peers on the street only used her dryer during the winter or when weather was bad. Otherwise laundry was hung out of doors on the clothesline we had in the back yard. While one loved the scent of line dried wash those scratchy towels and so forth were a pain. Happily when I took over wash duty would bung things into the dryer for a bit to soften them up. | ||
| Post# 823960 , Reply# 8 5/18/2015 at 02:31 (3,256 days old) by stan (Napa CA) | ||
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I have a dryer! by looking at it, you'd think it has never been used. That partially true.. I hardly use it! I'm fortunate to have good
(or good enough) weather to line dry most of the year. There's only been a few times when it was pouring down rain that sheets were ever put in dryer in the dryer. But that's just me! I still scrub my floors on my hands and knees with a bucket of warm lye soap. So don't go by me LOL | ||
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