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Post# 493305   2/2/2011 at 09:33 (4,803 days old) by steved (Guilderland, New York)   |   | |
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A rare snow day and home from work today. Thought I'd dig out a few rare pics. For 1955: |
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Post# 493306 , Reply# 1   2/2/2011 at 09:36 (4,803 days old) by steved (Guilderland, New York)   |   | |
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notice that the outer door panel is porcelain |
Post# 493307 , Reply# 2   2/2/2011 at 09:38 (4,803 days old) by steved (Guilderland, New York)   |   | |
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I actually saw one of these in 1973 when I replaced it with a KitchenAid Dishwasher sink. |
Post# 493309 , Reply# 3   2/2/2011 at 09:40 (4,803 days old) by steved (Guilderland, New York)   |   | |
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Dishwasher sinks were all the rage in upstate NY |
Post# 493310 , Reply# 4   2/2/2011 at 09:42 (4,803 days old) by steved (Guilderland, New York)   |   | |
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gotta love GM's annual style changes |
Post# 493311 , Reply# 5   2/2/2011 at 09:43 (4,803 days old) by steved (Guilderland, New York)   |   | |
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info |
Post# 493313 , Reply# 6   2/2/2011 at 09:45 (4,803 days old) by steved (Guilderland, New York)   |   | |
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I discovered Frigidaire made a dishwasher-sink combo until the "B" series 1960 - 62 |
Post# 493315 , Reply# 7   2/2/2011 at 09:46 (4,803 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)   |   | |
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Archives is the correct term. This man has dishwasher info going back to when dishwashing became mechanized. Good to see you posting Steve. |
Post# 493316 , Reply# 8   2/2/2011 at 09:47 (4,803 days old) by steved (Guilderland, New York)   |   | |
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get a Lift to Living! |
Post# 493317 , Reply# 9   2/2/2011 at 09:58 (4,803 days old) by steved (Guilderland, New York)   |   | |
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ancient history |
Post# 493318 , Reply# 10   2/2/2011 at 10:00 (4,803 days old) by steved (Guilderland, New York)   |   | |
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I'm thinking 1938ish? |
Post# 493320 , Reply# 11   2/2/2011 at 10:11 (4,803 days old) by cyclemonitor ()   |   | |
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I love these!!!! Some of the interior's seem to be a different color..did they match/ coordinate the racks...or is it just the picture? |
Post# 493322 , Reply# 12   2/2/2011 at 10:15 (4,803 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)   |   | |
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Post# 493325 , Reply# 13   2/2/2011 at 10:26 (4,803 days old) by pierreandreply4 (St-Bruno de montarville (province of quebec) canada)   |   | |
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Post# 493342 , Reply# 15   2/2/2011 at 11:26 (4,803 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
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Post# 493347 , Reply# 16   2/2/2011 at 11:58 (4,803 days old) by peteski50 (New York)   |   | |
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Post# 493348 , Reply# 17   2/2/2011 at 12:03 (4,803 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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Bravo!
Was the photo retouch-er paid by the hour or did the vinyl on those beautiful, and I mean beautiful, early Frigidishwashers change from "Sherwood Green" to pink overnight? I love how these early machines stand on their own. Am getting very tired of today's built-in look that makes every kitchen look like a galley on a submarine.
For how long did GM feature Robin and his Merry Men colors?
And yes, it is so important to me to keep my servants happy. I've been watching episodes of "Downton Abbey" and dreaming about having valets, personal maids, cooks, housekeepers and chauffeurs. Ah, the vintage appliances of the landed class. |
Post# 493433 , Reply# 19   2/2/2011 at 16:06 (4,803 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
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Tom, I am so with you about any sort of household help invading my privacy by default.
A two-week stay at a delightful villa south of Puerto Vallarta was marred by staff presence from early morning until after dinner. No chance for a clothing optional scene by the pool or anywhere else for that matter. That put a real damper on things for a group of nine gay men. |
Post# 493491 , Reply# 20   2/2/2011 at 18:51 (4,803 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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UGH, that 1955 Frigidaire dishwasher brochure is beyond delicious! Mine is a 1956 model where they already changed the look of the control panel. The machine is exactly the same just the panel is different.
Fabulous Steve, thank you! Love the Loeb dishwasher as well, I've never even heard of that brand. |
Post# 493506 , Reply# 21   2/2/2011 at 19:41 (4,803 days old) by steved (Guilderland, New York)   |   | |
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this was one of my first eBay purchases, reminded me of the 1955 Frigidaire |
Post# 493514 , Reply# 22   2/2/2011 at 20:00 (4,803 days old) by steved (Guilderland, New York)   |   | |
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Frigidaire introduced their first dishwasher in January 1955. Apparently as a gift for my first birthday :-) |
Post# 493555 , Reply# 24   2/2/2011 at 21:14 (4,803 days old) by turquoisedude (.)   |   | |
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Post# 493661 , Reply# 25   2/3/2011 at 10:44 (4,802 days old) by mrcleanjeans (milwaukee wi)   |   | |
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Thanks Steve for these fun ads. Tell me, does the Loeb use a vertical spray tower like the Youngstown Kitchens Jetower or is that tube something else? The dishes seem to be arranged impeller style. And was that a fully automatic machine? |
Post# 493665 , Reply# 26   2/3/2011 at 10:59 (4,802 days old) by steved (Guilderland, New York)   |   | |
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I'm not sure as this is the only piece of literature I've ever seen. I would bet it's an impeller wash. Although I can't quite tell, plus figure how that lift tower worked..... hmmmmm..... |
Post# 493752 , Reply# 27   2/3/2011 at 19:29 (4,802 days old) by steved (Guilderland, New York)   |   | |
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of the Kaiser? And it worked on water pressure? Don't know.... It had the pop-up dish rack too. |
Post# 493753 , Reply# 28   2/3/2011 at 19:31 (4,802 days old) by steved (Guilderland, New York)   |   | |
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could have been the daddy of the Coronet. I saw one of these once on "House Hunters" in CA. |
Post# 493755 , Reply# 29   2/3/2011 at 19:35 (4,802 days old) by steved (Guilderland, New York)   |   | |
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ran on water pressure too! |
Post# 493756 , Reply# 30   2/3/2011 at 19:37 (4,802 days old) by steved (Guilderland, New York)   |   | |
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Who knew? |
Post# 493777 , Reply# 31   2/3/2011 at 20:11 (4,802 days old) by akronman (Akron/Cleveland Ohio)   |   | |
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Fascinating--I'm studying the pics----Kaiser has 3 knobs/levers, LIFT, DRAIN, WASH. So the lifting is some mechanical/spring system. Drain would seem obvious, but you'd sort of think it would be open at all times. Wash is likely the main water valve? 40 or more pounds of pressure would surely spin a small rack of dishes with 4 or more jet sprays going. Maybe the detergent cup is some bimetal coil system, like on a many carbeurators in the 50's 60's, would open once the inside temp was 140 all around? And there's no timer, maybe you watched until suds were all done? Of course, how did the soap get into the jets of water, or was there a sump at the base and water jetting through it , sort of a soap distribution system?
Ya know, I bet for dishes fresh off the table, it actually would do an acceptable job, except for cheese and eggs. Pots and pans probably didn't do well, though. I would love to see such a thing, talk about unique and a conversation piece! Some of you engineers and experienced folks------throw more guesswork our way as to how this may work. I've never seen or heard of such a dishwasher ever. And the soap has me baffled---how to dispense, how to circulate? Thanks Mark |
Post# 493789 , Reply# 32   2/3/2011 at 20:44 (4,802 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)   |   | |
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Post# 493794 , Reply# 33   2/3/2011 at 20:50 (4,802 days old) by peteski50 (New York)   |   | |
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Post# 493804 , Reply# 34   2/3/2011 at 21:12 (4,802 days old) by peteski50 (New York)   |   | |
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Post# 495015 , Reply# 36   2/8/2011 at 19:17 (4,797 days old) by steved (Guilderland, New York)   |   | |
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1964 was the last year for the spin tube. |
Post# 495016 , Reply# 37   2/8/2011 at 19:19 (4,797 days old) by steved (Guilderland, New York)   |   | |
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I remember seeing this model in a storefront window while on vacation in the Adirondacks when I was younger |
Post# 495017 , Reply# 38   2/8/2011 at 19:20 (4,797 days old) by steved (Guilderland, New York)   |   | |
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And if it was good enough for Samantha Stevens, it was good enough for me! (Although she had a built-in model). |
Post# 495073 , Reply# 40   2/8/2011 at 21:16 (4,797 days old) by steved (Guilderland, New York)   |   | |
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the suggested retail price (in Sioux City, IA) was $319.95. Isn't that like a zillion dollars in 2011 money? $2275.00 to be exact! |
Post# 495120 , Reply# 42   2/9/2011 at 05:49 (4,796 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Well of course not. that's because it ended up being completely washed by hand because there was no place in that load depicted in the pictue for it to be placed nor would it have proably come clean in the first place. To accommodate that piece in the top rack, numerous glass and cups would have been put back in the sink. And attempts to place it in the bottom rack on its side along the right side of the rack, facing the center, would have resulted in too many plates being left out too!!! "Prepare your dishes as if for hand washing". Looks like that Corningware piece was being washed by hand completely anyway!! Probably with lots of dish soap in that rag or sponge being used. |
Post# 496409 , Reply# 44   2/14/2011 at 11:55 (4,791 days old) by keiththomas ()   |   | |
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Hi does anyone have the picture of the first ever front loading dishwasher which I thnink would be American and was it in the late 1930's it hit the US market |
Post# 496453 , Reply# 45   2/14/2011 at 17:22 (4,791 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ)   |   | |
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Thank you for all the wonderful scans, Steve--great to see you posting! I LOVE that Sherwood Green set--what a handsome machine!
Bob and I used to joke that a KDS-15 and a DW-IMH made for a harmonious household; the KitchenAid was the "bottom" dishwasher for pots and pans, and the Frigidaire handled all the cups, dishes, and otherwise flat items.
You may remember when the DW-IMH came home--the first load was a bust, and I was perturbed as much by the performance as by the inability to load a plate larger than 9" in diameter. (The top rack hit them.)
But with downsized dishware, good detergent, the true detergent dispenser and double-wash (rather than the door-divet and single-wash), and VERY HOT water in copious supply, the spray-tube did a good job. I even learned how to be adventuresome and get fry-pans and serving ware clean in the lower rack. The hydraulic physics of the spray-tubes seems counterintuitive--but water went everywhere, and most everything got clean, believe it or not.
That said, I wish they would have kept the top rack of the fifties machines and not opted to put a ridge of fixed tines up the middle in the '64; this made loading deeper pots and such nearly impossible (nor mixing bowls). In the older machines, the top rack was a nearly flat hump, minus the tines, and the loading for odds-and-ends was more flexible.
The situation for tumblers was grim. If you use a lot of tumblers and not teacups, you pretty much lost your top rack to them; even though you had a full top rack, tumblers ran up the sides and formed an array that reached the sides of the rack, making fitting much else (beyond Glad-ware that could nestle between the bottom of the glass and the side of the rack) impossible.
These were definitely dish---not ware-- washers. Water sent to the silverware basket (though generously sized) was not entirely adequate. But on mine, the self-cleaning pop-up filter worked well and shed most of the food down the drain; I never did anything special to prep the dishes, and everything came out sparkling. Of course, I didn't put baked-on stuff in, but that was a ludicrous proposal for most dishwashers of the time, anyway. (At least soak the thing first.)
The machine was very quiet, and reminded me of a soft rainstorm when it ran. The massive reversing impeller shoved a huge amount of water up to that tube (evidenced by the monstrous feed hose, similar to a radiator hose from a '54 Pontiac), and mine had big slots cut out of it that must have sent ribbons o'fury spiraling around the machine. The drain phase of the cycle could fill your sink with water, and I'm convinced that fire departments borrowed spray-tubes to fight high-rise fires from the ground. |