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Post# 383791   10/8/2009 at 21:55 (5,312 days old) by washinsheen ()        

Can anyone tell me about the washer (or dryer...I'm not sure which) in this picture? I scanned this from a 1956 "Better Homes & Gardens Decorating Book."




Post# 383795 , Reply# 1   10/8/2009 at 22:01 (5,312 days old) by spinmon (st. charles mo )        
could be...

I'm thinkin' Hamilton.

Post# 383798 , Reply# 2   10/8/2009 at 22:07 (5,312 days old) by circlew (NE Cincinnati OH area)        
General Electric

That looks like a GE combo to me. I have a copy of the 1956 BH&G book that was my Mom's.

Post# 383812 , Reply# 3   10/8/2009 at 23:54 (5,312 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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it looks like an extremely early version of a GE Combo. Never saw one with a panel like that--resembles the panel of the GE Filter-Flo washer JetCone grew up with--my mom had the same year his had, but it dind't have a Filter-flo system. I have since found out it was kind of a "special" edition--just why my mom would have picked it, because it was unique version.

Post# 383854 , Reply# 4   10/9/2009 at 08:18 (5,311 days old) by hilovane (Columbus OH)        

It could've been one of those so-called "builder's specials" models (usually built-in appliances) that are expressly marketed for new-home developers.

Post# 383915 , Reply# 5   10/9/2009 at 13:03 (5,311 days old) by laundromat (Hilo, Hawaii)        

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I think it's a Crosley Duomatic

Post# 383929 , Reply# 6   10/9/2009 at 13:55 (5,311 days old) by circlew (NE Cincinnati OH area)        

The front of this machine is like the one that appears in the pic of the day GE ad showing built-in appliances, I think the one that Robert has altered the text to read "Tramatize your homes". I think it is shown in Cadet Blue.

Post# 384059 , Reply# 7   10/9/2009 at 23:15 (5,311 days old) by tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)        

According to page 45 of the February, 1955, issue of Southern Appliances, this is model WD660M, GE's first free-standing combo. That is confirmed by an illustration on page 49 of Appliance Manufacturer's General Electric Review in January, 1955. This was the machine with the two speed transmission and a drum with 4 baffles. We have the undercounter version of this machine in the cadet blue GE modular kitchen we took out of a home in Virginia.


Post# 385448 , Reply# 8   10/15/2009 at 03:18 (5,305 days old) by washinsheen ()        

Thanks for the great info, everyone!


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