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Thread Number: 29723
Before Kmart had Kenmore - General Electric |
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Post# 451828 7/25/2010 at 16:42 (5,021 days old) by gansky1  (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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These brochures are from David's collection who was moving and so generously shared them with all of us at the Minneapolis wash-in back in May. I remember these machines vividly at Kmart, I probably even brought these same brochures home. They had Whirlpool, Frigidaire 1-18's and General Electric. Aside from the GE - Hotpoint feature sets, these looked very similar to the JCPenny laundry styles of the same period.
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Post# 451829 , Reply# 1 7/25/2010 at 16:42 (5,021 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Post# 451830 , Reply# 2 7/25/2010 at 16:43 (5,021 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Post# 451831 , Reply# 3 7/25/2010 at 16:43 (5,021 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Post# 451832 , Reply# 4 7/25/2010 at 16:44 (5,021 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Post# 451833 , Reply# 5 7/25/2010 at 16:44 (5,021 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Post# 451855 , Reply# 6 7/25/2010 at 17:28 (5,021 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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Post# 451856 , Reply# 7 7/25/2010 at 17:39 (5,021 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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| Post# 451879 , Reply# 8 7/25/2010 at 18:45 (5,021 days old) by lebron (Minnesota) | ||
K mart | ||
| Post# 451917 , Reply# 9 7/25/2010 at 21:01 (5,021 days old) by A440 () | ||
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This is wild....Our Kmart did not sell appliances in New Orleans. Our Woolco stores had every major brand. Even our Kroger sold appliances at one time! Not Kmart. The panels on these look so interesting. Brent | ||
| Post# 451931 , Reply# 10 7/25/2010 at 21:17 (5,021 days old) by mayguy (Minnesota) | ||
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When did K-Mart had GE? I do not recall seeing those! | ||
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Post# 451938 , Reply# 11 7/25/2010 at 21:33 (5,021 days old) by CircleW (NE Cincinnati OH area) |
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Were all the appliances sold there (of whatever brand) special models made only for Kmart? I remember them selling major appliances at certain of their locations in the 70's. | ||
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Post# 451998 , Reply# 12 7/26/2010 at 05:04 (5,021 days old) by chestermikeuk (Rainhill *Home of the RailwayTrials* Merseyside,UK) |
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GE | ||
| Post# 452134 , Reply# 16 7/26/2010 at 13:26 (5,020 days old) by cfz2882 (Belle Fourche,SD) | ||
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i can remember looking over GEs at Kmart in 1979,do not remember which town it was-my local kmart did not sell major appliances | ||
| Post# 452136 , Reply# 17 7/26/2010 at 13:41 (5,020 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c ) | ||
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Ames!! We had a store called Ames,I remember them having Westinghouse,when K-Mart bought them out in the late 70s,I remember the GE stuff,wasnt long before they stopped selling major appliances. | ||
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Post# 452137 , Reply# 18 7/26/2010 at 13:44 (5,020 days old) by CircleW (NE Cincinnati OH area) |
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Don't remember seeing major appliances in the Milford Kmart, but did see them at the one on Ridge Rd., which I'm sure Pete (Rollermatic) will remember. | ||
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Post# 452246 , Reply# 19 7/27/2010 at 01:05 (5,020 days old) by Supersuds (Knoxville, Tenn.) |
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randy | ||
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Post# 452386 , Reply# 21 7/27/2010 at 19:05 (5,019 days old) by Supersuds (Knoxville, Tenn.) |
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Zayre
Yep, it was the old Brookside Mills, I found out later. It must have been a textile mill area at one time. The factory that made Palm Beach suits was still across the street.
We shopped at Zayre a lot. I still have an LP of Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass ("Whipped Cream and Other Delights") I got there. The old Sears was just charming. Such style! Remember how each exit had a sign showing what street you were exiting to? That seemed so sophisticated. My mom remembers when they had an Allstate car (rebadged Kaiser Henry J) in one of the windows back in 1950. And it was open until about 1985. My parents got their 1955-ish Frogeye Kenmores there, and later a '77 dryer. But we seem to have hijacked the thread.... | ||
| Post# 452453 , Reply# 22 7/27/2010 at 23:35 (5,019 days old) by sensi-temp () | ||
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Never heard of K-mart selling large appliances, never saw that aronnd here. | ||
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Post# 452467 , Reply# 23 7/28/2010 at 02:57 (5,019 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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| Post# 452489 , Reply# 24 7/28/2010 at 06:31 (5,019 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA) | ||
Whirlpool | ||
| Post# 452576 , Reply# 25 7/28/2010 at 15:37 (5,018 days old) by supersurgilator (Indiana) | ||
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SO neat to see the brochures. I have a pair of these machines that I got from our neighbors. The washer is model# WWA7059V and the dryer Model# DDE5309 | ||
| Post# 452589 , Reply# 26 7/28/2010 at 16:30 (5,018 days old) by lebron (Minnesota) | ||
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Question about GE suspension | ||
| Post# 452603 , Reply# 27 7/28/2010 at 17:26 (5,018 days old) by mayguy (Minnesota) | ||
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They had a rubber boot between the tub and the shaft. | ||
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Post# 1032176 , Reply# 28 5/8/2019 at 23:00 (1,812 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI) |
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Post# 1032212 , Reply# 29 5/9/2019 at 11:38 (1,811 days old) by Paulg (My sweet home... Chicago) |
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Kmart exclusives
Years ago I worked for a large repair company in Illinois that did almost all of the Kmart TV/Stereo/Microwave repair work for the state.
Indeed Kmart did have some exclusive models. Sharp microwave ovens had exclusive Kmart model numbers as did Admiral Corporation and Warwick Electronics. Gold star followed. I am sure there were others. This was a long time ago. Usually a “ K” was added to the model. Sometimes the TVs and appliances had the original brand and sometimes they were branded “KMC”. Warwick supplied both Sears and Kmart years ago with TVs. In those days you could drop off your TV at Kmart and it would be delivered to a repair center for your convenience. Their system worked well. We did a lot of work for them and they were a good client. | ||
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Post# 1032217 , Reply# 30 5/9/2019 at 12:50 (1,811 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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I went into a Kmart near my parents' house in Georgia in the late 70s and saw WP appliances. | ||
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Post# 1032218 , Reply# 31 5/9/2019 at 13:03 (1,811 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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| Post# 1032248 , Reply# 32 5/9/2019 at 22:00 (1,811 days old) by fan-of-fans (Florida) | ||
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Never seen these white trim consoles before, very interesting. Knew Kmart had specials of Hoover vacuums, but not GE washer/dryers. | ||
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Post# 1032367 , Reply# 33 5/11/2019 at 04:40 (1,810 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI) |
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