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Thread Number: 6530
Big Window Hamilton Dryer in St. Louis |
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Post# 131481 5/27/2006 at 19:06 (6,542 days old) by unimatic1140  (Minneapolis) |
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Here is the email from owner: e-mail: johnwolf@bonehenge.com Below is the Hamilton gas dryer I'd love to find a good home for. It is model #HS928, serial #80109D286. It is currently in use, and still has an operable "Sun-E-Day" lamp, which was Hamilton's proprietary 4-Watt u.v. mercury-vapor germicidal lamp meant to give a "fresh air" smell to the clothes. (lamp uses the 40-Watt drum lamp as its ballast). It has the old-style Emerson motor, which still looks like a real motor-not the skeleton-frame tack-welded-together junk they use now. The old motors can be rebuilt using new bronze bushings. Unfortunately, the dryer will be gone by Tuesday unless I hear from someone that they definitely want the unit. 
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| Post# 131491 , Reply# 1 5/27/2006 at 21:19 (6,542 days old) by veg-o-matic (Baltimore, Hon!) | ||
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Post# 131507 , Reply# 2 5/27/2006 at 22:26 (6,542 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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Hamilton? What's a hamilton? I think I have only seen on | ||
| Post# 131517 , Reply# 3 5/27/2006 at 22:51 (6,542 days old) by brent-aucoin () | ||
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What a fantastic looking dryer! Looks so new! Someone get this! Brent | ||
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Post# 131526 , Reply# 4 5/27/2006 at 23:16 (6,542 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Steve, I do believe Hamilton may have been the first automatic clothes dryer, pre-WWII. Remember the 194X Unimatic and matching dryer Steve in Florida got related to the "big parts haul"? That was a Hamilton dryer. Frigidaire used it until they came out with the Filtrator. Hamiltons were in their heyday in the 1950s and possibly early 1960s. they were built better than tanks. The dryer above may be late 1960s or early 1970s. That aws about the last time I saw a new one, with the same windowed-door as above. | ||
| Post# 131531 , Reply# 5 5/27/2006 at 23:42 (6,542 days old) by westytoploader () | ||
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I hope this Hamilton doesn't get Krushed...it's a "low-mileage" beauty especially with that full-width window! | ||
| Post# 131533 , Reply# 6 5/27/2006 at 23:43 (6,542 days old) by westytoploader () | ||
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And by this time, was Norge making dryers for Hamilton, with their "white-basement" design? | ||
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Post# 131551 , Reply# 7 5/28/2006 at 02:21 (6,542 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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Post# 131557 , Reply# 8 5/28/2006 at 04:08 (6,542 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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Does anyone have any idea what the matching washer looked like inside as well as outside? We had an old Hamilton Dryer c. "Fred and Ethel", looked pretty much like one I've seen (below) on the site. No sun-e-day lamp, not even a separate start switch and it was four years until I discovered it had a lint trap (on the bottom front of the unit, in the kick-space, not 1 inch from the floor!) I'm surprised those units didn't cause a lot of fires. The drum was comletely perforated with a series of waffle-iron sized nichrome coils directly over the clothes. Did the job though; and how. 
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Post# 131586 , Reply# 10 5/28/2006 at 10:00 (6,541 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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Post# 131642 , Reply# 12 5/28/2006 at 16:36 (6,541 days old) by gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA) |
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Sold. | ||
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Post# 131647 , Reply# 13 5/28/2006 at 18:27 (6,541 days old) by trainguy (Key West, FL) |
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Post# 131655 , Reply# 14 5/28/2006 at 19:58 (6,541 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Post# 131660 , Reply# 15 5/28/2006 at 20:59 (6,541 days old) by gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA) |
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Thanks TrainGuy and Bob, looking forward to getting the machine. Thank heavens for Chris-----he is going to make the removal and store it untill I can get up there and fetch it. Steve thanks for your gracious offer. O.K. Peter----here's another day trip! | ||
| Post# 131678 , Reply# 16 5/28/2006 at 23:18 (6,541 days old) by scott55405 () | ||
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I'm glad someone's getting this handsome dryer, though I don't really understand why the owner wants to get rid of it. | ||
| Post# 131695 , Reply# 17 5/29/2006 at 01:15 (6,541 days old) by irishwashguy (Salem,Oregon.............A Capital City) | ||
I do!!!! | ||
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Post# 131711 , Reply# 19 5/29/2006 at 02:25 (6,541 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Hamilton Holiday Dryer
From the Hamilton Doctrine! Model decoding: H = "Holiday" Series dryer S = Automatic Ignition 2 = model series number 9 = variation for features 8 = model year, in this case 1968 Hamilton also made a "Heritage" series of dryers at the same time - the more familiar, larger cabinet, bottom lint screen and small, rectangular windowed door. By 1967, Hamilton washers were no longer being sourced from Norge (since 1953) and were coming from Franklin, billed "The New Reliables" (remember the Kelvinator and Gibson pics not too long ago on the forum - same thing) and by the very early 70's, were entirely owned and made by WCI - dryers too. | ||
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Post# 131727 , Reply# 20 5/29/2006 at 07:30 (6,540 days old) by gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA) |
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Well, this may not be my grandmother's Hamilton, but it is gas so I can use it, it has a window in the door so I can watch it in operation, and I just plain like the looks of it. I really don't care who made it-----I just like it----what a concept! | ||
| Post# 131741 , Reply# 21 5/29/2006 at 09:31 (6,540 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida) | ||
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| Post# 131769 , Reply# 22 5/29/2006 at 12:13 (6,540 days old) by peterh770 (Marietta, GA) | ||
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| Post# 131771 , Reply# 23 5/29/2006 at 12:18 (6,540 days old) by peterh770 (Marietta, GA) | ||
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| Post# 131776 , Reply# 24 5/29/2006 at 12:40 (6,540 days old) by westytoploader () | ||
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Congrats Steve! Have fun "window tumbling"! | ||
| Post# 131788 , Reply# 25 5/29/2006 at 13:51 (6,540 days old) by christfr (st louis mo) | ||
ok ok | ||
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Post# 131870 , Reply# 26 5/29/2006 at 20:50 (6,540 days old) by tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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Sorry for my misinformed posting. I confused this dryer with another and honestly never knew that Hamilton made these things before disappearing into the billowing suds of laundry history. I knew that they sold them, but did not think that they designed and made them. It's just too radical to comprehend. Tom | ||
| Post# 131873 , Reply# 27 5/29/2006 at 21:09 (6,540 days old) by spinout (Phoenix) | ||
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Hamilton Dryer This is a nice dryer... would like to have had it. Does anyone know what its rated capacity is? Thanks | ||
| Post# 131875 , Reply# 28 5/29/2006 at 21:23 (6,540 days old) by veg-o-matic (Baltimore, Hon!) | ||
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Whew! | ||
| Post# 131878 , Reply# 29 5/29/2006 at 21:56 (6,540 days old) by brent-aucoin () | ||
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Oh Steve, This is super! Your gas bill is going to go up so much with me playing with this one! What a beauty! I just can't wait to use this one! Congrats! Brent | ||
| Post# 131880 , Reply# 30 5/29/2006 at 22:12 (6,540 days old) by alr2903 (TN) | ||
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It is very a very nice dryer Remember otasco hardware they had an avocado one similar to the one in the picture. This was in the mid 70's in the midwest. I always thought it was way cool alr 2903 | ||
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Post# 131883 , Reply# 31 5/29/2006 at 22:17 (6,540 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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Post# 131889 , Reply# 33 5/29/2006 at 22:35 (6,540 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Post# 131901 , Reply# 34 5/30/2006 at 02:28 (6,540 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Peter, from what I can tell from the bit of doctrine and advertising I have from this period, Hamilton appears to have ceased production of "orginal" products around 1970'ish, I have an ad somewhere from 71 that has both washer and dryer pictured Franklin designs (no more windowed dryers for Hamilton) and the all too familiar WCI logo appears in it's advertising.
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Post# 131920 , Reply# 37 5/30/2006 at 07:12 (6,539 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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Its a sickness Blanche, a sickness. | ||
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Post# 131925 , Reply# 38 5/30/2006 at 07:54 (6,539 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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| Post# 131926 , Reply# 39 5/30/2006 at 08:23 (6,539 days old) by jasonl (Cookeville, TN) | ||
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Ring around the collar! If the dryer suddenly opens and starts singing "Ring around the collar! Ring around the collar!", you need to start using Wisk. Congrats! An angel recieves her wings. | ||
| Post# 131965 , Reply# 40 5/30/2006 at 11:55 (6,539 days old) by scott55405 () | ||
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Tumbler, best of luck with your new washer and dryer, and thanks for having the presence of thought to offer your Hamilton to collectors. :-) | ||
| Post# 132032 , Reply# 42 5/30/2006 at 18:59 (6,539 days old) by christfr (st louis mo) | ||
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oh steve
ha ha ... youll like it.. just got it into the garage and cleand it up a bit then just had to plug it in..super quiet and to fun to watch.. the door glass is even tinted to protect you from all those mean nasty old ultra-violet rays.. i threw in a bunch of white towels so i could watch it run..its cool the drum lights up from the back with a white light and the cloths tumble under the glow of a really cool purple light from the front of the drum.. its really fun to watch.
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Post# 132043 , Reply# 43 5/30/2006 at 20:29 (6,539 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Post# 132047 , Reply# 44 5/30/2006 at 21:11 (6,539 days old) by gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA) |
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Chris------ Oh wow! How "Timothy Leary"----- a dryer with purple lights! Can't wait to put it into service now. Thank you sooo much for being so nice going to get her and cleaning her up for me. You are such a kind person. | ||
| Post# 132057 , Reply# 45 5/30/2006 at 22:17 (6,539 days old) by lightedcontrols () | ||
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Chris! You are a shinning example of why I love this club! Mark | ||
| Post# 132082 , Reply# 46 5/30/2006 at 23:10 (6,539 days old) by tlee618 () | ||
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Steve you are going to love this dryer! Chris a big hug goes out to you!! Terry | ||
| Post# 132112 , Reply# 47 5/31/2006 at 06:04 (6,539 days old) by christfr (st louis mo) | ||
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well | ||
| Post# 132174 , Reply# 48 5/31/2006 at 11:51 (6,538 days old) by tlee618 () | ||
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I am really looking forward to it Chris!! Terry | ||
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Post# 132228 , Reply# 51 5/31/2006 at 15:18 (6,538 days old) by jamiel (Detroit, Michigan and Palm Springs, CA) |
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I house-sat 20 years ago for someone with a small-door Hamilton dryer which probably was from about this vintage--gas, with the standing pilot accessed from a lid on the top. Weird lint filter along the floor--I remember pulling it out too far and having a devil of a time getting it back in the tracks. Lint filter was also strange material (perforated sheet metal rather than screening) JL | ||
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