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Post# 408099   1/21/2010 at 15:12 (5,179 days old) by runematic (southcentral pa)   |   | |
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Here are some updated pics of my collection of stuff. I wasn't sure to put this to Super or here. So HERE it is. Old pictures are 1-39, new pics start at 40. It's not everything, but what I had pics of.
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Post# 408101 , Reply# 1   1/21/2010 at 15:18 (5,179 days old) by westingman123 ()   |   | |
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Wow. I could wander around that building all day. Do you give tours? LOL |
Post# 408103 , Reply# 2   1/21/2010 at 15:26 (5,179 days old) by runematic (southcentral pa)   |   | |
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Post# 408108 , Reply# 3   1/21/2010 at 15:42 (5,179 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)   |   | |
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Wow. Very impressive collection. I recall back to when you picked up the Maytag sets from an auction. Certainly added to a very sweet set-up that you've got on display. And you've got the blue porcelain sign! What I think is ultra-impressive is the Maytag top-loading freezer. I've never actually seen a photo of a real one. Just promotional flyers/brochures. In the brochure I recall a scene where the wife and husband are eating breakfast on the fold-out table, which appears to be in tact on yours. If anyone chimes up it possibly could be one of the only ones still around. That was their first (outsourced, of course), IIRC, from around 1949. Love the neon. Heck, what is there not to love! Thanks for sharing, Ben |
Post# 408130 , Reply# 5   1/21/2010 at 17:10 (5,179 days old) by gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA)   |   | |
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Todd, you guys have done some organizing since I was there! Photos don't do justice to your fabulous collection of stoves. |
Post# 408144 , Reply# 6   1/21/2010 at 17:54 (5,179 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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Post# 408149 , Reply# 7   1/21/2010 at 18:11 (5,179 days old) by rickr (.)   |   | |
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Post# 408154 , Reply# 8   1/21/2010 at 18:31 (5,179 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)   |   | |
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Post# 408160 , Reply# 9   1/21/2010 at 18:48 (5,179 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)   |   | |
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Post# 408165 , Reply# 10   1/21/2010 at 18:55 (5,179 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 408232 , Reply# 11   1/21/2010 at 22:52 (5,179 days old) by strongenough78 (California)   |   | |
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Post# 408239 , Reply# 12   1/21/2010 at 23:00 (5,179 days old) by rollermatic (cincinnati)   |   | |
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Post# 408243 , Reply# 13   1/21/2010 at 23:16 (5,179 days old) by qsd-dan (West)   |   | |
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Post# 408263 , Reply# 14   1/22/2010 at 00:09 (5,179 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)   |   | |
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Post# 408287 , Reply# 15   1/22/2010 at 06:17 (5,179 days old) by bygted ()   |   | |
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I love it all - You have some great signs! That Admiral sign and the Frys Appliance sign above it are especially awesome. Thanks for sharing! |
Post# 408299 , Reply# 16   1/22/2010 at 07:31 (5,179 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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Thanks for posting all the pictures, that zenith dryer would be from about 1960 it was made by Franklin appliances which was owned by Stuabaker car Co. Franklin mostly made private labeled appliances for Western auto Coronado, CO-OP etc. They mostly made freezers & refrigerators & washers and dryers they became the beginnings of White industries appliance ventures. My partner has restored 100 + year old wood stove that we have installed in his sun @ his house I'll try to send a picture some time. Let me know where you are in Pa I am up there often either post or Email me Thanks again for sharing your great collection look forward to seeing it some time John
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Post# 408306 , Reply# 17   1/22/2010 at 08:00 (5,179 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK)   |   | |
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Post# 408315 , Reply# 18   1/22/2010 at 08:30 (5,179 days old) by runematic (southcentral pa)   |   | |
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I've got to say thanks for all the great comments. I do really appreciate it. I'll try some collective answers and some individual answers here as well. First, I would have replied to some comments last night, but my laptop at home has issues. It seems that the computer does not like to have a full glass of Guinness spilled into the keyboard. The Y & T buttons don't work any longer. That happened about 2 months ago. Bummer. Anyway....About tours. I am always happy to have someone take a tour. Right now, my museum room is full of modern appliances as well. If I know a week or so before someone wants to stop by, I'll have it cleaned up and showable. That's no problem. Pictures of the old Maytag greyghost wringers were taken a few years ago when we moved in here. They're a little harder to see right now. I think there are about 300 moderns in front of them right now. Ben -- I don't think that there is a table on the freezer. I'll have to look closer, but I don't recall seeing one. It came from the original owners. They said it still worked, but it sat unused in their basement for the last 20 years or so. I never plugged it in. Steve -- HOW DARE YOU SWEAR AT ME! ORGANIZING?!?! We really didn't organize anything, just moved a few older pieces down to the 3rd floor to make room for more sellable pieces for the business. You would not have believed what the museum floor looked like before you got here. My brother & I spent the better part of a week straightening up. How's that Maytag washer, by the way? Did you use it yet? Vern, how did we find most of the stoves? Auctions, privately, internet, shoe leather, word of mouth, etc. We look high & low. Peter, I don't live in a warehouse (but it feels like I do since I put 70-80 hours/week in here). It's a SMALL 5 story building built in the 1870's. We have our appliance business here. Mike, the 1st item we bought? Stove-wise it was an 1845 stove made right where I am sitting right now. I bought it off ebay. As far as the very 1st item overall, it was probably a wringer washer, but I can't be sure anymore. The "museum" really isn't open for visitors, it's mainly for our own head. We give tours, though, by invite. Anyone here is invited. Yes, the stoves are heavy. Ouors backs complain all the time. It's nice to have a truck with a liftgate. Again, thanks for the comments and emails. |
Post# 408339 , Reply# 19   1/22/2010 at 09:41 (5,179 days old) by mistereric (New Jersey (Taylor Ham))   |   | |
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Post# 408577 , Reply# 21   1/23/2010 at 01:06 (5,178 days old) by bradross (New Westminster, BC., Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 409925 , Reply# 22   1/27/2010 at 09:59 (5,174 days old) by runematic (southcentral pa)   |   | |
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Post# 409939 , Reply# 23   1/27/2010 at 11:08 (5,174 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)   |   | |
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