Thread Number: 31847
All this Hamilton talk got me thinking...
[Down to Last]

automaticwasher.org's exclusive eBay Watch:
scroll >>> for more items --- [As an eBay Partner, eBay may compensate automaticwasher.org if you make a purchase using any link to eBay on this page]
Post# 480221   12/7/2010 at 23:19 (4,882 days old) by MattL (Flushing, MI)        

All the discussion on Hamilton equipment got me to recall a washer and dryer my Aunt had when I was little. I seem to recall it being a Hamilton set. This set would have been from the early to mid '50s. I recall it had a slider rather than a knob to turn on both the washer and the dryer. In my memory I see a reddish brown knob set. does this sound familiar to anyone? I think they lasted till about '67 when she got a Kenmore 800 avocado set.

The second washer we had as I was growing up was a Hamilton, I'd guess about '62, but at that point it was a Norge rebadge. Had a red lint filter on the agitator. Come to think of it perhaps the Hamilton I recall that my Aunt had was a Norge Timeline based Hamilton, it was similar in setup.





Post# 480222 , Reply# 1   12/7/2010 at 23:23 (4,882 days old) by MattL (Flushing, MI)        
Hmmm...

Found this doing a Google search, This looks like a later model, very interesting looking machine.

Post# 480279 , Reply# 2   12/8/2010 at 07:26 (4,881 days old) by PeterH770 (Marietta, GA)        

peterh770's profile picture
I have one...

Post# 480280 , Reply# 3   12/8/2010 at 07:26 (4,881 days old) by PeterH770 (Marietta, GA)        

peterh770's profile picture
Close up...

Post# 480289 , Reply# 4   12/8/2010 at 08:25 (4,881 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)        

When Hamilton wanted to market washers, they had Norge make them. It influenced the styling of the Hamilton dryers to match the Norge-influenced styling of the washers when Norge had the linear timer.

Post# 480318 , Reply# 5   12/8/2010 at 11:26 (4,881 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)        
Hamiltons always fascinated me too, Matt, and I don't kn

mickeyd's profile picture
Very interesting and enticing control panels. Got a kick out of the text, saying to select the perfect drying "Weather." You know this is the 50's when some people were morphing out of outdoor drying, and weather was the determining factor.

Beautiful pix, Guys.

Peter, fun and cool to learn you're such devoted dryer fan.


Post# 480319 , Reply# 6   12/8/2010 at 11:32 (4,881 days old) by laundromat (Hilo, Hawaii)        

laundromat's profile picture
Wait a minute, didn't Hamilton invent the automatic clothes dryers???? So,why would Norge be making clothes dryers for the company that introduced them?? I know for a fact the Hamilton made the original Frigidaire dryers and that they too made a few under the Hotpoint label.So,why would Norge make dryers for Hamilton??

Post# 480345 , Reply# 7   12/8/2010 at 13:12 (4,881 days old) by cfz2882 (Belle Fourche,SD)        
franklin too

IIRC,around the late '60s at least,some hamilton washers were
made by franklin


Post# 480360 , Reply# 8   12/8/2010 at 13:58 (4,881 days old) by PeterH770 (Marietta, GA)        

peterh770's profile picture
@ Mickey -- I'm with you. There is just something fascinating about them...

@L'mat -- You have it backwards. Hamilton was a stand alone company without a washer. They sourced the washers from Norge. When WCI got them, the washers were WCI Franklins until they killed the brand.


Post# 480370 , Reply# 9   12/8/2010 at 14:59 (4,881 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

gansky1's profile picture
1967 the first of the WCI washers branded for Hamilton.

Post# 480371 , Reply# 10   12/8/2010 at 15:00 (4,881 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

gansky1's profile picture
Money shots


Post# 480388 , Reply# 11   12/8/2010 at 16:04 (4,881 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA)        
Hamilton Washer

mrb627's profile picture
Does anyone have one of the Hamilton Washers? I can't recall ever seeing one in person.

Malcolm


Post# 480533 , Reply# 12   12/9/2010 at 10:15 (4,880 days old) by Dblrinz ()        
In the Advertisement

That is my Grandmother's first set of automatics & the only dryer that she ever had. The washer caught fire during a laundry day approx 1977 or '78 and in came a center dial 'Tag. I would LOVE to see that washer up close and personal again. I am fasinated as well with Hamilton pairs...The dryer brings back memories of sitting on the basement floor watching the clothes tumble with the light (if I remember correctly) to the left and the flame of gas to the right...I used to love to slide the lint tray out of the bottom and clean it with the brush I assume was provided by Hamilton. I "swear" her dryer had identical rust marks to the one in the picture above...That was probably the only dryer I really loved. Never gave much thought to dryers other than that one.

Post# 480538 , Reply# 13   12/9/2010 at 11:24 (4,880 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)        
#9--A garage door and a roto-scoop--how neat

mickeyd's profile picture
Amazing what's "still out there." ~Mulder

Post# 480689 , Reply# 14   12/10/2010 at 02:18 (4,880 days old) by MattL (Flushing, MI)        

Dblrinz, I remember that long handled brush too, in fact I might have stashed it somewhere when the dryer was decommissioned. As a little kid I would watch the clothes tumble in the dryer, and I remember loving the look of the "blue" bulb.

Post# 480737 , Reply# 15   12/10/2010 at 09:15 (4,879 days old) by PeterH770 (Marietta, GA)        

peterh770's profile picture
That looks like it would be a good washer IF the tub did NOT index...

Post# 481019 , Reply# 16   12/11/2010 at 16:19 (4,878 days old) by eddy1210 (Burnaby BC Canada)        

eddy1210's profile picture
Mint dryer Peter, congrats! That trip was worth it. Too bad the 1918 doesn't have a lighted tub to match.

Post# 481037 , Reply# 17   12/11/2010 at 19:26 (4,878 days old) by PeterH770 (Marietta, GA)        

peterh770's profile picture
Thanks, Eddy! I have another one to post soon...

Post# 481048 , Reply# 18   12/11/2010 at 20:31 (4,878 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers)        
Yes I agree Hamilton is one of those brands

jetcone's profile picture
that feels like fell through from Paralell Earth. Not quite here yet here.

Peter, have you "touched" your dryer lately????



Forum Index:       Other Forums:                      



Comes to the Rescue!

The Discuss-o-Mat has stopped, buzzer is sounding!!!
If you would like to reply to this thread please log-in...

Discuss-O-MAT Log-In



New Members
Click Here To Sign Up.



                     


automaticwasher.org home
Discuss-o-Mat Forums
Vintage Brochures, Service and Owners Manuals
Fun Vintage Washer Ephemera
See It Wash!
Video Downloads
Audio Downloads
Picture of the Day
Patent of the Day
Photos of our Collections
The Old Aberdeen Farm
Vintage Service Manuals
Vintage washer/dryer/dishwasher to sell?
Technical/service questions?
Looking for Parts?
Website related questions?
Digital Millennium Copyright Act Policy
Our Privacy Policy