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Thread Number: 37038
Vintage Appliance Advertisments Part Two |
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Post# 550967 10/21/2011 at 06:47 (4,568 days old) by Ultramatic  (New York City) |
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Post# 550968 , Reply# 1 10/21/2011 at 06:51 (4,568 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Stromberg-Carlson 1949 | ||
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Post# 550969 , Reply# 2 10/21/2011 at 06:54 (4,568 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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General Electric 1958 | ||
| Post# 550970 , Reply# 3 10/21/2011 at 07:14 (4,568 days old) by gorenje (Slovenia) | ||
related to part one (Wizard appliances) | ||
| Post# 550975 , Reply# 4 10/21/2011 at 07:27 (4,568 days old) by laundromat (Hilo, Hawaii) | ||
Wizard was a line from Western Auto made by a few different appliance companies through their years in business.They are now defunct but,I don't know how long ago it was they went out of business.Their laundry line was made by Norge in the later years and Franklin in the earlier years.I am not sure who made their ranges and refrigerators. may have been Gibson and Tappan?
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| Post# 550979 , Reply# 5 10/21/2011 at 08:11 (4,568 days old) by henry200 () | ||
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Holy picture tube, Batman! We had that exact GE television when I was a kid! Whenever I remember watching Rocky and Bullwinkle, Axel in his treehouse, or Lunch With Casey I always see that turqoise "frame" around the picture!
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Post# 551042 , Reply# 6 10/21/2011 at 14:01 (4,568 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Westinghouse 1956 | ||
| Post# 551056 , Reply# 7 10/21/2011 at 15:27 (4,568 days old) by Westie2 () | ||
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I have my parents radio in Red like th One in the picture model 496P4. Still works.
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Post# 551060 , Reply# 8 10/21/2011 at 15:40 (4,568 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Launderall 1947 | ||
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Post# 551062 , Reply# 9 10/21/2011 at 15:44 (4,568 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Westinghouse 1960 | ||
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Post# 551063 , Reply# 10 10/21/2011 at 15:48 (4,568 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Frigidaire 1957 | ||
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Post# 551064 , Reply# 11 10/21/2011 at 15:51 (4,568 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Pyrex Wear 1949 | ||
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Post# 551066 , Reply# 12 10/21/2011 at 15:55 (4,568 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Youngstown Kitchen 1949 | ||
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Post# 551067 , Reply# 13 10/21/2011 at 15:59 (4,568 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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General Electric 1932 | ||
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Post# 551069 , Reply# 14 10/21/2011 at 16:08 (4,568 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Westinghouse 1957 | ||
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Post# 551072 , Reply# 15 10/21/2011 at 16:13 (4,568 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Admiral 1951 | ||
| Post# 551073 , Reply# 16 10/21/2011 at 16:14 (4,568 days old) by chuffle (....) | ||
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I have the Westinghouse iron! It was my mother's. Still works well, too. Here is an 1968 ad for my downstairs Zenith console stereo. Joe 
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Post# 551074 , Reply# 17 10/21/2011 at 16:16 (4,568 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Hamilton 1956 | ||
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Post# 551075 , Reply# 18 10/21/2011 at 16:18 (4,568 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Post# 551077 , Reply# 19 10/21/2011 at 16:26 (4,568 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Whirlpool 1959 | ||
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Post# 551078 , Reply# 20 10/21/2011 at 16:30 (4,568 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Continental 1958 | ||
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Post# 551081 , Reply# 21 10/21/2011 at 16:55 (4,568 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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General Electric 1947 | ||
| Post# 551086 , Reply# 22 10/21/2011 at 17:33 (4,568 days old) by gorenje (Slovenia) | ||
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@ laundromat & @ Ultramatic | ||
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Post# 551093 , Reply# 23 10/21/2011 at 18:16 (4,568 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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 Cool Louie, I appreciate all of the cool ads you are posting.
The only other ads that cannot be posted are those that I created and are in our current rotation of the Picture of the Day.
I will make an attempt to remove the images that could be an issue, which is going to take me of time, so please do be wary that if an ad is watermarked to be sure you have permission from the original creator to post it. Copyright issues on the internet is something we have to take seriously. CLICK HERE TO GO TO Unimatic1140's LINK | ||
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Post# 551118 , Reply# 24 10/21/2011 at 20:40 (4,568 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Cool Robert, thanks for the heads up. I'll keep an eye out for copy righted material. I'll start removing anything with a water mark. I seem to remember what you post in Picture of the Day, I always look first thing in the morning, thus I'd never knowingly post something that was there originally.
P.D. I've corrected the one's in question in Part Two, but unfortunately I can no longer edit the ones in the first thread, sorry. This post was last edited 10/21/2011 at 21:15 | ||
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Post# 551127 , Reply# 25 10/21/2011 at 21:39 (4,568 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Wear-Ever 1946 | ||
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Post# 551129 , Reply# 26 10/21/2011 at 22:02 (4,568 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Maytag 1953 | ||
| Post# 551137 , Reply# 27 10/21/2011 at 22:25 (4,568 days old) by xraytech (Rural southwest Pennsylvania ) | ||
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Post# 551141 , Reply# 28 10/21/2011 at 22:41 (4,568 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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No problem what so ever Louie! Thanks for the updates.
There have been lots of problems recently on many websites especially with the Righthaven and Getty Images law suits (if anyone is interested google those two companies) that have shut down some mom and pop web sites, so I'm just being extra cautious.
Thanks for understanding, your posts have been absolutely fabulous. | ||
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Post# 551142 , Reply# 29 10/21/2011 at 22:54 (4,568 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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Getty Images
Along with "stock photo" shops the world over are getting very testy about persons uploading and or otherwise using their content without consent. It explains why so many now watermark images to the point you can barely see them clearly anymore.
Ebay sellers and website designers on the cheap probably were are some of the biggest culprits of lifting prints/content for their own use. OTHO can see their point; afterall these places make their daily bread by selling use of content/photographs not to mention any agreements they have with the original owner or photographer than entitles them to a piece of the action as well. The Internet has changed in these ten years or so and what was once deemed "ok" even if marginally often no longer flies today. Technology and programming have also advanced in that content and photos can be prevented from copying/pasting as well. | ||
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Post# 551151 , Reply# 30 10/21/2011 at 23:25 (4,568 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Kelvinator 1966 | ||
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Post# 551167 , Reply# 31 10/22/2011 at 01:01 (4,568 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI) |
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Post# 551169 , Reply# 32 10/22/2011 at 01:17 (4,568 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Post# 551170 , Reply# 33 10/22/2011 at 01:32 (4,568 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Gibson 1946 | ||
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Post# 551173 , Reply# 34 10/22/2011 at 01:35 (4,568 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Gibson 1950 | ||
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Post# 551176 , Reply# 35 10/22/2011 at 01:45 (4,568 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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DuMont 1951 | ||
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Post# 551177 , Reply# 36 10/22/2011 at 01:46 (4,568 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Stromberg-Carlson 1951 | ||
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Post# 551178 , Reply# 37 10/22/2011 at 01:50 (4,568 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Stromberg-Carlson 1950 | ||
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Post# 551179 , Reply# 38 10/22/2011 at 01:57 (4,568 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Sunbeam 1953 | ||
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Post# 551181 , Reply# 39 10/22/2011 at 02:02 (4,568 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Sunbeam 1950 | ||
| Post# 551196 , Reply# 41 10/22/2011 at 04:41 (4,568 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod) | ||
Thanks Louie | ||
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Post# 551237 , Reply# 42 10/22/2011 at 09:53 (4,567 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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If some websites are picky about people lifting their images just a few lines of HTML code would stop that by disabling the copy feature of the viewers browser for as long as they are on the website.
Unfortunately Allen that doesn't work to stop copying because you can simply press the print screen button and paste the screen print into photoshop, crop out and the rest of the screen print and save. The code you posted could also be disabled by simply temporarily turning java-script off on your browser, copying the image and turning JS back on | ||
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Post# 551264 , Reply# 43 10/22/2011 at 14:21 (4,567 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Post# 551265 , Reply# 44 10/22/2011 at 14:23 (4,567 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Admiral 1950 | ||
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Post# 551272 , Reply# 45 10/22/2011 at 14:43 (4,567 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Zenith 1955 | ||
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Post# 551274 , Reply# 46 10/22/2011 at 14:46 (4,567 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Zenith 1950 | ||
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Post# 551275 , Reply# 47 10/22/2011 at 14:50 (4,567 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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General Electric 1950 | ||
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Post# 551276 , Reply# 48 10/22/2011 at 14:53 (4,567 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Capehart 1950 | ||
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Post# 551277 , Reply# 49 10/22/2011 at 14:54 (4,567 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Capehart 1950 | ||
| Post# 551339 , Reply# 50 10/22/2011 at 23:59 (4,567 days old) by amyswasher () | ||
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Hmmm!!! Wow, that Hawthorne looks soo familiar ;) | ||
| Post# 551477 , Reply# 51 10/24/2011 at 00:21 (4,566 days old) by mpatoray (New Middletown OH) | ||
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Oh yes the Dumont Royal Sovereign. 30" and $2,000 of 1950 tech. This set has an amazing picture for the size and age of it. It is also a truly MASSIVE set! Matt | ||
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Post# 551487 , Reply# 52 10/24/2011 at 03:02 (4,566 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Hmm I dont' see how anyone could stop me from finding one of these advertisements in a magazine, scanning it myself and using it.It is all either public domain now or still under copyright from the original manufacturer like Seagrams. I don't see how Jonwilliams can copyright a Seagrams ad no matter how old. Seagrams and its logos are still in business. "He" can copyright his site content, which he can prevent people from lifting and using, and we shouldn't do that here. If jonwilliams has a FORD ad and tries to control its use he'll be in big trouble from a big company. I know , I have permission to use the Ford logo for small runs only, direct from their CLO. Ford controls all use of the Blue Oval for sure, not some bojack Texas photographer. I can see if someone scanned these as content for their site and copyrighted the whole site content , and we accessed their site content yes thats protected. But the actual ads themselves no, thats bojack. So scan your own , take no money for it and avoid the bojack websites!
BTW nice ads, love that DUMONT tv, Royal Soverign love the name. Its like the Coronado Imperator washer! | ||
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Post# 551496 , Reply# 53 10/24/2011 at 04:08 (4,566 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Lady Kenmore 1963 | ||
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Post# 551497 , Reply# 54 10/24/2011 at 04:10 (4,566 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Post# 551498 , Reply# 55 10/24/2011 at 04:12 (4,566 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Whirlpool 1954 | ||
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Post# 551499 , Reply# 56 10/24/2011 at 04:22 (4,566 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Youngstown Kitchens 1951 | ||
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Post# 551515 , Reply# 57 10/24/2011 at 07:22 (4,565 days old) by 112561 (River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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"There is nothing finer than a Stromberg-Carlson" | ||
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Post# 551522 , Reply# 58 10/24/2011 at 08:47 (4,565 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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ooo I love that 1960 GE------ BUT Louie
I thought Robert asked you to not post watermarked images, the GE has the jonwilliams water mark at the bottom.
Back to 1960's GE's:
I remember when Nancy Smith had her's delivered new across the street! She replaced an oil leaking 1953 machine and boy was that futuristic looking! I had never seen a florescent light on a washing machine before, it gave me dreams!
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Post# 551538 , Reply# 59 10/24/2011 at 10:48 (4,565 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Oops , that one slipped by... | ||
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Post# 551540 , Reply# 60 10/24/2011 at 10:54 (4,565 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Magnavox 1958 | ||
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Post# 551541 , Reply# 61 10/24/2011 at 11:06 (4,565 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Philco 1959 | ||
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Post# 551542 , Reply# 62 10/24/2011 at 11:11 (4,565 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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RCA 1954 | ||
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Post# 551564 , Reply# 63 10/24/2011 at 13:02 (4,565 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay) |
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Philco Predictas Awesome as they are, the Predictas are prone to trouble. All of that heat being generated inside a small box got everything frying in fairly short order. Most restorations involve a peripheral fan to keep things cool, but generally it's not a good idea to operate a Predicta for too long at a time. My guess is that the "barber pole" models are the most difficult to find. They looked to be extremely top-heavy and entirely inappropriate for earthquake country households.
We had a 1951 Capehart for our first TV. Model 325-F in a maple cabinet. From the dates on the ads above, it appears that 1951 was the first year Capehart offered a rectangular screen. Ours was big and heavy, and was hard to justify saving as a result. I sold it as part of my mom's estate sale a few years ago. It's also a much more complicated than average set for its day, and would require a more involved and extensive restoration.
That 30" Dumont is impressive. I'll bet it's downright impossible to find replacement CRT's for those. Many sets of similar vintage that have small screens survived with good CRT's because by the time they started to have problems, the CRT had plenty of useful life left, but most people opted to buy a new set with a larger screen rather than fix the old small screen one. Lucky for people like me, sets like my 1950 Admiral 10" bakelite "Consolette" was sent to the attic or other storage space for the next 25 years before landing in a thrift store. I got mine for $5 in 1980 and had it re-capped for $100 several years ago. It sits in my guest room now and I will watch it once in a while. The technology is primitive, and even on a 30" Dumont screen there would be compromises with level of contrast from scene to scene, so early TV's are best appreciated for what they are. | ||
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Post# 551696 , Reply# 64 10/24/2011 at 22:42 (4,565 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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DuMont Color Set. About 20 years ago, with a heavy heart, I had to throw out my folks 1966 DuMont color console. It was our first color set. It had suffered some damage in the NYC blackout in 1977 (the picture became out of focus). It was replaced with a new Zenith. Initially the DuMont went into the closet to be repaired "someday", the cabinet was so beautiful. But it never was. Finally I had to get rid of it because the space was needed. If I knew then just how rare that set is today, I would had NEVER gotten rid of it. | ||
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Post# 551756 , Reply# 66 10/25/2011 at 08:20 (4,564 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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I just realized | ||
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Post# 551877 , Reply# 69 10/25/2011 at 18:14 (4,564 days old) by nurdlinger (Tucson AZ) |
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Stromberg Carlson 1950
My aunt, uncle, and grandmother who all lived together had this television with the oriental figures in relief. The painted portions of the cabinet were all black. It was kept for decades after the TV stopped working. All have passed on now, but my cousin still owns the house and contents. I should ask whether the TV is still around.
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Post# 551928 , Reply# 71 10/26/2011 at 00:43 (4,564 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Sunbeam 1955 | ||
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Post# 551931 , Reply# 72 10/26/2011 at 01:09 (4,564 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Norge 1946 | ||
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Post# 551933 , Reply# 73 10/26/2011 at 01:13 (4,564 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Admiral 1959 | ||
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Post# 551934 , Reply# 74 10/26/2011 at 01:23 (4,564 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Philco 1941 | ||
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Post# 551937 , Reply# 75 10/26/2011 at 01:35 (4,564 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Zenith 1955 | ||
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Post# 551946 , Reply# 76 10/26/2011 at 03:50 (4,564 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay) |
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Stromberg Carlson Set Tom, if that S-C set is still in your cousin's possession, and if he or she is willing to part with it, there's a strong possibility that the CRT is still good and all the set needs is to have its capacitors replaced and perhaps a resistor or two. The tubes are likely all fine. The guy that fixed my Admiral advised that tubes rarely go bad. I have a directory of guys who fix old TV's and radios and I believe there's at least one guy in the Phoenix/Tucson area. My Admiral's re-cap job came to just under $100 for parts and labor.
Your aunt & uncle's S-C set probably isn't worth a whole lot as is, even to a collector, but it's likely worth more than the average console from that period because S-C produced some of the most beautiful cabinetry ever to contain a television set. It would be worth getting if it's up for grabs, if you have room for it, and if you are interested in getting it back up and running. | ||
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RCA, later Thompson, design office was on US31 just north of Indianapolis. The built their office to look like a radio. It apparently has moved, the building is now part of a health network. Here's what street view shows. 
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Post# 552150 , Reply# 78 10/26/2011 at 23:33 (4,563 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Leonard 1937 | ||
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Post# 552189 , Reply# 79 10/27/2011 at 03:48 (4,563 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Westinghouse 1945 | ||
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Post# 552190 , Reply# 80 10/27/2011 at 03:55 (4,563 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Kelvinator 1934 | ||
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Post# 552203 , Reply# 81 10/27/2011 at 07:44 (4,562 days old) by countryguy (Astorville, ON, Canada) |
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Post# 552227 , Reply# 82 10/27/2011 at 09:53 (4,562 days old) by jakeseacrest (Massachusetts) |
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Post# 552257 , Reply# 83 10/27/2011 at 13:14 (4,562 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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General Electric 1946 | ||
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Post# 552259 , Reply# 84 10/27/2011 at 13:20 (4,562 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Bell Telephone 1959 | ||
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Post# 552261 , Reply# 85 10/27/2011 at 13:28 (4,562 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Frigidaire 1964 | ||
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Post# 552266 , Reply# 86 10/27/2011 at 13:52 (4,562 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Admiral 1965 | ||
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Post# 552272 , Reply# 87 10/27/2011 at 14:26 (4,562 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Zenith 1948 | ||
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Post# 552275 , Reply# 88 10/27/2011 at 14:31 (4,562 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Zenith 1950 | ||
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Post# 552276 , Reply# 89 10/27/2011 at 14:34 (4,562 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Tappan 1960 | ||
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Post# 552284 , Reply# 90 10/27/2011 at 15:01 (4,562 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Kelvinator 1953 | ||
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Post# 552289 , Reply# 91 10/27/2011 at 15:25 (4,562 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Eureka 1957 | ||
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Post# 552291 , Reply# 92 10/27/2011 at 15:32 (4,562 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Crosley 1949 | ||
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Post# 552374 , Reply# 93 10/28/2011 at 02:16 (4,562 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Admiral 1967 | ||
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Post# 552375 , Reply# 94 10/28/2011 at 02:20 (4,562 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Frigidaire 1965 | ||
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Post# 552388 , Reply# 95 10/28/2011 at 07:07 (4,561 days old) by 112561 (River Park, in Port St. Lucie, Florida) |
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1958 Motorola | ||
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Post# 552427 , Reply# 96 10/28/2011 at 11:31 (4,561 days old) by CircleW (NE Cincinnati OH area) |
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Friends of the family had that Admiral Duplex in the largest size. It was Coppertone just like the one in the ad, and had to be the largest refrigerator I've ever seen in a house. I had forgotten Admiral had the edged light tan color, like Kenmore Doeskin. I have a magazine with this ad, but haven't looked at it in a long time. | ||
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Post# 552484 , Reply# 98 10/28/2011 at 18:34 (4,561 days old) by paulg (My sweet home... Chicago) |
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Admiral 
I've only encountered two Admirals with tilt-out control panels. Always wanted one as I thought they were elegant. The quality of their flybacks was not too good.
One I found at a TV shop who was selling it for $10. When I went to buy he fess'ed up that the fly had burned up... totally toast. Regarding Admiral refrigerators: A nun friend had one at a convent. It was an avocado Custom Imperial and it was absolutely massive. | ||
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Post# 552497 , Reply# 99 10/28/2011 at 20:53 (4,561 days old) by Jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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WOW that 1964 IMPERIAL Frigidaire | ||
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Post# 552649 , Reply# 101 10/29/2011 at 14:59 (4,560 days old) by paulg (My sweet home... Chicago) |
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Post# 552652 , Reply# 102 10/29/2011 at 15:05 (4,560 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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According to Wikipedia...PhonevisionThis article is about the pay television experiments. For the photograph record video recording experiments, see Phonovision.
Phonevision
Type Pay television network (movies) Country Availability Phonevision was a project by Zenith Radio Company to create the world's first pay television system.[1] It was developed and first launched in Chicago, followed by further trials in New York City and Hartford, Connecticut. Contents[hide][edit] HistoryZenith had experimented with pay television as early as 1931, believing that advertising alone could not support television broadcasting as a viable enterprise in the long term.[2] Zenith had originally occupied television channel 1 in Chicago starting on February 2, 1939, when W9XZV went on the air.[3][4] W9XZV was America's first non-mechanical television station and, until October 1940, the only television station in Chicago.[3] Zenith's allocation was later moved to channel 2.[4] In 1947, Zenith announced a perfected pay television system and selected the name "Phonevision" as the trademark for the concept.[2] In 1950, in preparation for the public pay television test, the experimental station moved from the Zenith factory to the Field Building and became KS2XBS.[3][4] In July 1953, Zenith was forced to shut down KS2XBS when WBBM-TV was moved from channel 4 to channel 2 by the Federal Communications Commission as a side effect of channel shuffling in Michigan.[4] The KS2XBS station's transmitter was later donated to Chicago's first educational station, PBS member station WTTW (Channel 11). In 1954, Zenith resumed testing in the eastern United States (on WOR-TV of New York City, now WWOR-TV of Secaucus, New Jersey) and later negotiated foreign contracts in Australia and New Zealand. It also broadcast for a short time in Connecticut. In spite of its failure to gain national success, a significant amount of publicity and advertising for Phonevision was created for a short time. The Phonevision system was operational on station WHCT in Hartford, Connecticut for at least two years, ending in 1969. The station would run conventional (non-subscription) programming during the day as an "independent," and then switch to Phonevision encoded programming in the evening. [edit] Phonevision conceptThe concept behind Phonevision involved making Hollywood films available to home viewers at $1 per movie (equivalent to $8.46/movie after inflation). Viewers were required to purchase a descrambler unit that sat on top of the TV, plugged into the TVs antenna leads and also into the telephone line.[4] Someone wishing to view a movie would call the Phonevision operator, who would add them to the viewer queue. A signal sent via phone lines would allow the box to descramble the signal and at the end of the month, viewers would be billed for the movie on their regular telephone bill.[1] Some of Zenith's 1951 model TV sets were equipped with a special connector for Phonevision, and included a section in the owner's manual explaining the Phonevision concept, providing instructions on how to order, and a schedule for film broadcasts.[5] The Theatre Owners of America called the service a monumental flop. However, according to then Zenith president Eugene F. McDonald, the service was a roaring success.[6] Even though the three films initially available to the first 300 test households were more than two years old, only about 18 percent of Phonevision viewers had seen them at the movies, and 92 percent of Phonevision households reported that they would prefer to see films at home.[6] [edit] Technical information This section does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (April 2010) The system operated by switching a delay line in and out of the video, which chopped the picture into slats (like looking through an open venetian blind). Half of the slats would be shifted to the right by a significant amount. Decoding reversed the process and slid the other slats over the same amount, realigning the picture. The video information was also reversed in phase, exchanging black and white. The audio was processed by "frequency inversion scrambling," shifting the audio spectrum up 2.625 kHz in frequency. This produced audio that sounded much like single sideband radio except that only high frequencies were present. Decoding of the audio was done by a dual-conversion processor. The audio was first shifted up 31.5 kHz, and then shifted down 34.125 kHz, producing a net "downshift" of 2.625 kHz. 31.5 was double the horizontal sweep frequency of 15.750 kHz, and 34.125 kHz was 13/6 ths of 15.750, giving a convenient frequency reference. The frequency tolerance was so tight that if encoded audio were recorded during a Phonevision broadcast, and then played back later into a homemade processor running on normal network programming, a slight frequency error could be detected in the restored audio. Also, when the station switched to local sync to run a local commercial, the frequency change could be heard. One of the major limitations of the Phonevision system was that due to the delay line being switched in and out, color could not be broadcast, as the 3.58 MHz phase lock necessary for NTSC color broadcasting could not be held. This limitation contributed to the demise of the system, along with the FCC authorization of subscription programming in 1969. | ||
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Post# 552654 , Reply# 103 10/29/2011 at 15:13 (4,560 days old) by paulg (My sweet home... Chicago) |
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Admiral Custom Imperial
Regarding those huge fridges from Admiral. I did find one at the Salvation Army. Again avocado. Complete and in good shape. I hadn't yet bought my new freezer yet - and we do entertain. The idea of having that humongous refrigerator in the basement was reaaaly attractive to me.
However, I looked at the schematic on the back. Man, that thing had a heater for EVERYTHING! It had a mullion heater, a defrost heater, a this heater, a that heater. The unit was clearly the Cadillac of refrigerators but it must have sucked energy like crazy. Technically, too big a risk - but it saddened me when it finally disappeared. Ultimately I went out an bought a brand-new Crosley freezer - which I enjoy. | ||
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Post# 552973 , Reply# 104 10/31/2011 at 02:12 (4,559 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Webcor 1959 | ||
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Post# 552975 , Reply# 105 10/31/2011 at 02:20 (4,559 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Sylvania 1960 | ||
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Post# 553257 , Reply# 107 11/1/2011 at 00:32 (4,558 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Magnavox 1967 | ||
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Post# 553258 , Reply# 108 11/1/2011 at 00:35 (4,558 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Magnavox 1965 | ||
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Post# 553259 , Reply# 109 11/1/2011 at 00:37 (4,558 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Admiral 1969 | ||
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Post# 553260 , Reply# 110 11/1/2011 at 00:40 (4,558 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Admiral 1953 | ||
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Post# 553261 , Reply# 111 11/1/2011 at 00:46 (4,558 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Whrilpool 1964 | ||
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Post# 553263 , Reply# 112 11/1/2011 at 00:47 (4,558 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Crosley 1956 | ||
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Post# 553264 , Reply# 113 11/1/2011 at 00:48 (4,558 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Crosley 1953 | ||
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Post# 553265 , Reply# 114 11/1/2011 at 00:52 (4,558 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Hotpoint 1956 | ||
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Post# 553266 , Reply# 115 11/1/2011 at 00:55 (4,558 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Hotpont 1956 | ||
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Post# 553276 , Reply# 116 11/1/2011 at 03:08 (4,558 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Thor 1949 | ||
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Post# 553277 , Reply# 117 11/1/2011 at 03:10 (4,558 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Frigidaire 1955 | ||
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Post# 553279 , Reply# 118 11/1/2011 at 03:15 (4,558 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Thor 1955 | ||
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Post# 553407 , Reply# 120 11/1/2011 at 17:08 (4,557 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Time to start Part Three! | ||
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Post# 553444 , Reply# 121 11/1/2011 at 18:36 (4,557 days old) by polkanut (Wausau, WI ) |
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 My aunt & uncle had the built-in Hotpoint appliances shown above with one difference, they had the Hotpoint fridge shown above with the polished aluminum panel on the front. Their home was built in 1958, and the appliances were copper colored. I thought that built-in fridge was the coolest thing ever, and it was a monster. | ||
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