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Rheem Clothes Dryer in Chicago |
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Post# 55233 1/29/2005 at 11:37 (7,020 days old) by Jamiel  (Detroit, Michigan and Palm Springs, CA) |
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My grandmother had a clothes dryer in Chicago which was very different from any other I've ever seen--wonder if anyone has seen one like it. It was a Rheem Wedgewood (like water heaters) and was from the 50s. Gas, vented outside from the back. It had a spring-type timer (tick tick tick) and high/low temperature buttons (which were the pilot light) on the backsplash. At the top middle of the backsplash was a grille, under which was a blanking panel to the venting tube, but it could be vented to the inside and there was a lint filter which was then used instead of the blanking panel. The door latch was a pushbutton on the door (buttons and dials were kind of pinky-flesh toned). There was an UV light and a regular light in the drum. Small plastic/bakelite vanes. The weird part was that the entire top of the machine was hinged and lifted up, and was a saddle-shaped piece of enameled hardware cloth, on which you placed things you didn't want tumbled (lingerie, underwear, etc). It was the strangest thing. The air blew through it. Has anyone seen anything like this? It lasted until 1988 or so, when she replaced with a Maytag. | ||
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Post# 55234 , Reply# 1 1/29/2005 at 11:43 (7,020 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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| Post# 55243 , Reply# 3 1/29/2005 at 13:01 (7,020 days old) by retromom () | ||
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Universal Dryer Does anyone have a pic? You've "piqued" my interest. Venus | ||
| Post# 55246 , Reply# 4 1/29/2005 at 14:21 (7,020 days old) by golittlesport (California) | ||
hey...me too!
My aunt had a Universal dryer too when I was a child. Her washer was an Easy spindrier (twin tub). This dryer had a single control knob on the front of the cabinet and what was unusual was that the door was almost as tall as the whole cabinet was...looked more like a little refrigerator. I've seen old stoves by Universal, and I've seen ads for their appliances...refrigerators, wringer washers, etc. In fact I have a Universal tank vacuum from the mid 50's that still works great. Never saw a Universal automatic washer. That Rheem Wedgewood dryer sounds wild! | ||
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Post# 55251 , Reply# 5 1/29/2005 at 14:53 (7,020 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Universal Automatics  | ||
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Post# 55256 , Reply# 6 1/29/2005 at 16:15 (7,020 days old) by peteski50 (New York) |
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Universal Automatics  | ||
| Post# 55325 , Reply# 9 1/30/2005 at 12:16 (7,019 days old) by alr2903 (TN) | ||
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Roberts post 55256 Now that would be a POD...Thanks | ||
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