Thread Number: 73002
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
Perforated Tub Blackstone |
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Post# 964351   10/26/2017 at 08:15 (2,372 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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A big thank you goes out to Fred (Blackstone) who sent me some great Blackstone washer ephemera. I just posted the first two items to the Ephemera Library if there are some Blackstone fans out there. More to come in a few weeks.
#1 Early 1970's Blackstone Washers and Dryer Brochure #2 Perforated Tub Blackstone washer service manual. |
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Post# 964355 , Reply# 1   10/26/2017 at 08:25 (2,372 days old) by johnrk (BP TX)   |   | |
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Were Blackstone washers more a regional brand than a national one? Truly, I've never seen one, having lived in parts of Texas all my life. They used to always be in the CR tests, and they apparently were premium-priced. |
Post# 964359 , Reply# 2   10/26/2017 at 08:30 (2,372 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Post# 964360 , Reply# 3   10/26/2017 at 08:34 (2,372 days old) by brucelucenta ()   |   | |
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We had one in Tulsa, Oklahoma too for a brief time back in the early 70's. |
Post# 964367 , Reply# 5   10/26/2017 at 08:53 (2,372 days old) by Blackstone (Springfield, Massachusetts)   |   | |
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Post# 964543 , Reply# 6   10/27/2017 at 14:22 (2,371 days old) by Gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA)   |   | |
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IMO the perf tub machines looked very Westinghouse-ish on the inside. I don't know if Blackstone "borrowed" some of Westinghouse' features or some other deal with them. Just like many other machines in the day, they easily suds-locked. |
Post# 964546 , Reply# 7   10/27/2017 at 14:53 (2,371 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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I believe Blackstone was a New York State brand. They haled from Lucille Ball's hometown, Jamestown, if I'm not wrong, yet I too never even heard of Blackstone until I read my very first Consumer's Reports magazine in 1969. I've since learned from this site that they were a very important brand in the history of laundry machines. I have never seen one except those at a couple of Wash-ins. |
Post# 964553 , Reply# 8   10/27/2017 at 15:26 (2,371 days old) by agiflow2 ()   |   | |
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Wasn't their very first automatics in 1941 ? |
Post# 964579 , Reply# 10   10/27/2017 at 18:56 (2,370 days old) by Blackstone (Springfield, Massachusetts)   |   | |
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