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Post# 522052   6/2/2011 at 17:16 (4,703 days old) by steved (Guilderland, New York)        

Recently got a hold of this vintage brochure from 12/54




Post# 522053 , Reply# 1   6/2/2011 at 17:17 (4,703 days old) by steved (Guilderland, New York)        
Completely new

Actually introduced in Jan 1954

Post# 522055 , Reply# 2   6/2/2011 at 17:19 (4,703 days old) by steved (Guilderland, New York)        
Four, yes four

Solid reasons

Post# 522056 , Reply# 3   6/2/2011 at 17:20 (4,703 days old) by steved (Guilderland, New York)        
the other two

Can't forget Frigidaire's famous crayon covered porcelain finish

Post# 522058 , Reply# 4   6/2/2011 at 17:21 (4,703 days old) by steved (Guilderland, New York)        
and again, four

different models

Post# 522061 , Reply# 5   6/2/2011 at 17:22 (4,703 days old) by steved (Guilderland, New York)        
second and third choice

of models. Notice the prices written in

Post# 522062 , Reply# 6   6/2/2011 at 17:24 (4,703 days old) by steved (Guilderland, New York)        
the big fourth

dishwasher-sink!

Post# 522063 , Reply# 7   6/2/2011 at 17:26 (4,703 days old) by steved (Guilderland, New York)        
Features Galore!!

More reasons to see your Frigidaire Dealer!

Post# 522064 , Reply# 8   6/2/2011 at 17:27 (4,703 days old) by steved (Guilderland, New York)        
Gotta love

the hiding space in the dishwasher-sink cabinet

Post# 522065 , Reply# 9   6/2/2011 at 17:28 (4,703 days old) by steved (Guilderland, New York)        
Let's not forget

the Frigidaire disposer by Waste King!

Post# 522066 , Reply# 10   6/2/2011 at 17:29 (4,703 days old) by steved (Guilderland, New York)        
Now you can start planning

with just a little remodeling. And 300 bucks in 1955 money......

Post# 522070 , Reply# 11   6/2/2011 at 17:51 (4,703 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)        
In reason #2

That is the Frigidaire Thermizer (deep well) pan in the top rack!! Is the disposer made by National? I still have trouble believing that GM did not get that dw design from Youngstown and that with all of their engineers, they could not come up with something better. If nothing else, that design with a whupass wash arm in the bottom to really do a number on pots and pans.

Thanks again, Steve!


Post# 522074 , Reply# 12   6/2/2011 at 18:10 (4,703 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)        
Loving literature.

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There are 79 virgins (M, F or U) waiting in Paradise for people who scan and post vintage appliance brochures .


Post# 522096 , Reply# 13   6/2/2011 at 19:26 (4,703 days old) by steved (Guilderland, New York)        
Not a National Disposer

Here's a Waste King from 1954 - And I know all their later models were Waste King design, right up till 1979

Post# 522097 , Reply# 14   6/2/2011 at 19:28 (4,703 days old) by steved (Guilderland, New York)        
Very similar

to Youngstown, especially the 24" model from 1960ish

Post# 522098 , Reply# 15   6/2/2011 at 19:31 (4,703 days old) by steved (Guilderland, New York)        
and inside

seems like one of the Youngstown boys jumped back from the GM ship. "Imitated by others"........

Post# 522102 , Reply# 16   6/2/2011 at 19:38 (4,703 days old) by turquoisedude (.)        

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Wow - would this be THE first incarnation of a Frigidaire dishwasher??
The timer dial, silver basket, detergent cup and racks look very similiar to the ones in my almost-there 58 DWUW.
Thank you for sharing this find with us, Steve!!


Post# 522103 , Reply# 17   6/2/2011 at 19:38 (4,703 days old) by miele_ge (Danbury, Connecticut)        
thank you !

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Thank you for posting this.  What a treat!  1955 was the year my parents got married.  And our first dishwasher, some years later, was an early 70's or late '60's Frigidaire dishmobile with the slant/flip top.  Was the delux model also with the electronic push button controls.  Would love to find one of those. 

 

Alan


Post# 522104 , Reply# 18   6/2/2011 at 19:39 (4,703 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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Cool brochures, thanks, Steve!

 

 


Post# 522109 , Reply# 19   6/2/2011 at 20:00 (4,703 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada)        

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Nice brochures Steve! I'd really like a clock like the one in the dishwasher-sink page!

Post# 522110 , Reply# 20   6/2/2011 at 20:06 (4,703 days old) by akronman (Akron/Cleveland Ohio)        

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I was thinking I'd really like a smart outfit like the lady in the second picture!

Post# 522116 , Reply# 21   6/2/2011 at 20:29 (4,703 days old) by steved (Guilderland, New York)        
Whupass

Tom they could have added a bow-tie impeller to the pump even, right!

Post# 522117 , Reply# 22   6/2/2011 at 20:31 (4,703 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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I wonder if the racks were really green for the 1954 or 1955 models.  Far better than the pink ones that's for sure!! 


Post# 522119 , Reply# 23   6/2/2011 at 20:39 (4,703 days old) by steved (Guilderland, New York)        
like this Alan?

The only top loading dishwasher style from Frigidaire not made by D&M

Post# 522120 , Reply# 24   6/2/2011 at 20:40 (4,703 days old) by steved (Guilderland, New York)        
reverse

I had one in coppertone a long time ago.

Post# 522210 , Reply# 25   6/3/2011 at 10:10 (4,702 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada)        

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Steve, when did the Frigidaire designed top loading dishwashers replaced those from D&M? Also, did all D&M Frigidaire dishwashers had an impeller like my 1965 Super mobile dishwasher?

Post# 522212 , Reply# 26   6/3/2011 at 10:18 (4,702 days old) by steved (Guilderland, New York)        
When?

With the introduction of the "P" models, I think about 1969. And later D&M designed models had the wash arm systems like Kenmore, etc. I think impeller designs pretty much stopped by 1965-66.

Post# 522223 , Reply# 27   6/3/2011 at 11:43 (4,702 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)        
Great luncheon read, Steve, Thanks!

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Delighted by the way the portable looks so much like the WO-65's. Amazing. And that hose, complete with the aluminum hook, just like the washer's. Never saw one of these before. The wanting never stops. :'D Getting a kick out of the pretty lady in the matching green apron watering her plant that lives on the green "cabinet" model.

 

Wondering if anyone enjoys this machine. The drawing of the spintube's water spirals is so enticing. Ah Frigidaire..........


Post# 522259 , Reply# 28   6/3/2011 at 14:17 (4,702 days old) by steved (Guilderland, New York)        
The funny thing

is in spite of their "mediocre" performance there are still some in existance! Robert, Turquoisedude, Dishwashercrazy all have one. I have 2, but mine are from 1963 and 1964. I use mine at the holidays and it always cleans flawlessly.

Post# 522286 , Reply# 29   6/3/2011 at 15:06 (4,702 days old) by turquoisedude (.)        

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Steve, I still have a certain pink Canadian 62 model, too!! It is a wonderful threat to hold over hubby - I think it would look great in the apartment in Montreal... LOL

Post# 522287 , Reply# 30   6/3/2011 at 15:16 (4,702 days old) by steved (Guilderland, New York)        
that's right!

In the interest of good US-Canadian relations I HAD to get it back there! Tell Chris that he would love it in the apartment, such a soothing sound......... like white noise..

Post# 522424 , Reply# 31   6/4/2011 at 09:58 (4,701 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)        
like white noise

Yeah, white, like the water going over Niagra Falls.

Ken, virgins are overrated except for straight men who view women as possessions. Someone experienced at the job usually performs better.

Thank you Steve for the disposer information.


Post# 522428 , Reply# 32   6/4/2011 at 10:12 (4,701 days old) by mixfinder ()        
Love is Blind

My enchantment with Frigidiare simply knows no bounds.  My first experience was buying a used 1959 spin tube and installing in my parent's home while I was in high school.  My first dishwasher was a used 1964 wood top portable.  When I began remodeling and owning homes I used Frigidaire until 1978. We never encountered any issues with cleaning as long as the machine was loaded properly.  With the advent of multiple racking and rapid advance controls the Pots and Pans or Soak cycles seemed to take on anything.  In 1980 when GM was no longer available the switch to Maytag reverse racks lasted the next 10 years until they became "normal".  Even then Maytags have been the machine of choice although a few new GEs and a few vintage Kitchenaids have a had a whirl.  I currently have a vintage Frigidaire top loader and 1-18 gifts from pdub waiting until the garage is relinquished from the remodel and connections installed to play with them.


Post# 522430 , Reply# 33   6/4/2011 at 11:03 (4,701 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)        

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Very cool brochures Steve, I didn't realize that Youngstown made dishwashers as late as 1960.

Post# 522513 , Reply# 34   6/4/2011 at 19:20 (4,701 days old) by appnut (TX)        
I didn't realize that Youngstown made dishwashers as la

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Robert, I vaguely remember when my parents began looking at houses (so this had to be 1960 to 1961), therer was one dishwasher I remember that was pink.  I remember it had a wierd over-size 3-sided type of starburst pattern on the front of it.  I saw a front-loading youngstown ad or brochure on here one time and knew that that was exactly what the dishwasser I saw when I was so little, a front-loading Youngstown. 


Post# 522518 , Reply# 35   6/4/2011 at 19:52 (4,701 days old) by MaytagA710 ()        

Awesome! Thanks for sharing the brochures! Such a neat read, I always love reading and the brochures people post on this site. That Youngstown dishwasher looks very similar to Norge DWs around that time. Did Norge buy out Youngstown or did they share machines?

How does the wash tower compare to spray arms? Is the wash time shorter or longer than a spray arm set up?



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