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Thread Number: 15335
Lee Maxwell's Wringer Museum Video |
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| Post# 258358 1/7/2008 at 08:33 (5,953 days old) by peterh770 (Marietta, GA) | ||
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| Post# 258359 , Reply# 1 1/7/2008 at 08:37 (5,953 days old) by peterh770 (Marietta, GA) | ||
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Post# 258363 , Reply# 2 1/7/2008 at 09:20 (5,953 days old) by gyrafoam  (Wytheville, VA) |
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Very kool! Hopefully someday soon I will be able to ride out to Colorado and visit that museum. Notice how nicely arranged and orderly it is so one can view each machine clearly. And they all look in perfect operating condition. Fabulous! | ||
| Post# 258367 , Reply# 3 1/7/2008 at 09:49 (5,953 days old) by askomiele (Belgium Ghent) | ||
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Wohow that's very interesting and his explenations are so simple and yet complete... well he has a collection to die for. Hopefully this stays all togheter in that museum! | ||
| Post# 258377 , Reply# 4 1/7/2008 at 10:30 (5,953 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
The Kirby Maytag
Dyin' over the one that has a "mini-basket" to churn butter and a meat grinder that fits over the wringer shaft. Reminds me of the "Butler" Kirby. Interested in learning why one model reverts back to the old flap-top wringer the year after they made the modern wringer. Years back whenever searching the net for washer sites, I could only ever find the museum and somehow overlooked Aworg. Echoing Steve, Fabulous. Wait till Geoff see this; he'll blow a gasket. | ||
| Post# 258408 , Reply# 5 1/7/2008 at 14:10 (5,953 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
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Geoff, i apologize--wrong idiom from an idiot | ||
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Post# 258457 , Reply# 7 1/7/2008 at 19:16 (5,953 days old) by gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA) |
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Another thing I was pondering was that Mr. Maxwell is no "spring chicken". He obviously has put much money, time, thought and hard work into this collection. I sure hope it can be protected once he is gone. | ||
| Post# 258477 , Reply# 8 1/7/2008 at 20:34 (5,953 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY) | ||
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I didn't want to bring it up, Steve,
but although we have no truly elderly gentlemen in our club, we fifty year olds have some time--lots of time--before we become visibly elderly like the lovely Mr. Maxwell. God bless him and i hope our brothers and sisters still love us when we cross so gently over into old age. Geoff, it's a toss up: I love Norge's agitation, so powerful and it squirts jets of suds from vertical slits; I love the Visimatic's looks and styling and double speeds; and I love the Maytag's incredible pump--the fastest in the house, @ 18 gallons in one minute. I love and use all of them regularly, and each one of them is about to celebrate a fortieth birthday, and they all work flawlessly. It is insanely silly, ancient machines working as well as they did the day they left the factory, decades ago, but oh so true. So nice to talk to you both again. We should plan a party for the return of our beloved Hawaiians | ||
| Post# 258750 , Reply# 9 1/9/2008 at 02:11 (5,951 days old) by lederstiefel1 () | ||
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Lee Maxwell ...to me is the KING of WASHING-MACHINES! I've been to that site quite often - it's like a fairy-tale from washer-land...the heaven of laudry! He could be my ideal but I'm miles behind him... I hope I shall find my way to him one day...! Ralf | ||
| Post# 258770 , Reply# 10 1/9/2008 at 06:52 (5,951 days old) by sdlee (south dakota) | ||
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help maybe Im stupidly glossing right over it but wheres the site? Where In colorado is this place? | ||
| Post# 258792 , Reply# 11 1/9/2008 at 10:01 (5,951 days old) by westie2 () | ||
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Lee Maxwell His home page: oldewash.com Link below. I have spent hours and hours looking at his site. Enjoy CLICK HERE TO GO TO westie2's LINK | ||
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Post# 258827 , Reply# 12 1/9/2008 at 13:13 (5,951 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Lee's place is a sight to behold - only appreciated in person with a personal, guided tour by Lee himself. I was blown away by the expertise he has with these antique machines. The restoration workshop is as interesting to see as the museum, it's quite a feat to be able to cast your own parts! His office is filled with binders of patent and design research he has done on hundreds and hundreds of washing machines. His collection is focused on the early days of washing machines, as is his book "Save Women's Lives" but there are few neat automatic and semi-automatic machines he has on display. When Greg M and I were out there, we asked about his plans for the collection in the future and at that point, he was unsure. None of his kids or grandkids have any interest in taking up the washing machine hobby and he hadn't had much luck in finding a museum or university, etc. to bequeath the collection to for a number of reasons, not the least of which was the sheer number and size of machines, among others. I do hope he has found a solution, it would certainly be a shame to lose so much of the history he has amassed over the years.
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| Post# 258966 , Reply# 13 1/10/2008 at 01:54 (5,950 days old) by lederstiefel1 () | ||
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There MUST be a way to save this place - it is a huge part of American history - and not only American as the washing technique influenced Europe as well!! Ralf | ||
| Post# 259182 , Reply# 14 1/11/2008 at 00:29 (5,950 days old) by sdlee (south dakota) | ||
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just what ive been looking for Illl gladly let him adopt me and will it to me hahaha | ||
| Post# 259258 , Reply# 15 1/11/2008 at 11:06 (5,949 days old) by jasonl (Cookeville, TN) | ||
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Avocado Maytag wringer @ 7:05 YAY! | ||
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Post# 260191 , Reply# 16 1/16/2008 at 09:54 (5,944 days old) by maytagmike (Burlington, Vt) |
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Lee's museum
Have talked to Lee several times about his collection and mine since I collect table top machines and wringer washers. I have told him about the Monopoly game that I'am making and hope to have it done this year. It's all the companys that made wringer and table top washers just before automatics. It will be called Washopoly. I hope to make a trip out to his place this summer. Mike | ||
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