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Thread Number: 75359
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1950s Norge Dryer- St. Louis |
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Post# 992015 4/24/2018 at 20:11 (2,187 days old) by glhturbo2  (Reidsville, NC) |
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Post# 992019 , Reply# 1 4/24/2018 at 20:32 (2,187 days old) by ea56 (Cotati, Calif.) |
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With the exception of the red knobs, this is just like the first dryer my Mom owned. Our’s had black knobs. There was also a lever it the top of the door opening that when pulled down acted like a brake on the drum, probably disengaged the belt? This was for drying items without tumbling. She used this from 1955 to 62’.
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Post# 992023 , Reply# 2 4/24/2018 at 20:51 (2,187 days old) by RP2813 (Sannazay) |
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 Eddie, that sounds about right to me, because the subject dryer looks like the one my mom had until late 1967. I think hers was a '56, which may have been the first year for red knobs.
The Time Line function had stopped working for quite a while before the dryer was replaced.
The dryer pictured above must be electric. I'm pretty sure the gas ones had an access panel at right rear on the cabinet top. | ||
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Post# 992026 , Reply# 3 4/24/2018 at 21:15 (2,187 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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What dat?
That's a cool dryer, looks in nice shape, too. A neighbor I used to babysit for had a similar dryer. I remember it was on a very long vent and if you opened the door while it was running, the giant fan would blow baby clothes all over the floor with a "whoosh" sound.
Interesting indoor vent/lint trap. Was that a Norge accessory? | ||
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Post# 992051 , Reply# 4 4/25/2018 at 06:13 (2,187 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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The lever lifted the drum off the drive wheel for "Stop 'n Dry." Cheaper versions had a knob behind the toe panel that you turned one way to lift the drum and the other way to lower it. | ||
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Post# 992069 , Reply# 5 4/25/2018 at 09:29 (2,186 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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Post# 992478 , Reply# 6 4/29/2018 at 11:01 (2,182 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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It will be saved! Thanks to a kind offer from a friend in St Louis, this dryer will be making its way north. Hopefully sooner than later.... lol It is just too hard to pass up a chance for a matched set, what can I say. Now I have to tell Hubby - something tells me I may have to reduce the number of Norge washers down to 1 though... | ||
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