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| Post# 669240 , Reply# 1 3/30/2013 at 17:43 (4,036 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA) | ||
Familiar Growing up, I made it my mission to keep track of each and every washing machine owned by a family member as well as family friends. My mother's Aunt Lois had this machine in her utility room out back. I only recall ever seeing it in action one time. I was confused by the control layout and thought the timer would advance in a counter clockwise direction. I was probably only 6 or 7 at the time.
I would love to see this model in pix again. Hope you locate it.
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Post# 669243 , Reply# 2 3/30/2013 at 18:08 (4,036 days old) by hydralique  (Los Angeles) |
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Oh My! That's the same washer my family had when I was small, it lasted many, many years. I always recall putting my hand on the knobbly rubber top of the agitator with the big "K" while it went back and forth. | ||
| Post# 669244 , Reply# 3 3/30/2013 at 18:09 (4,036 days old) by kenmoreguy89 (Valenza Piemonte, Italy- Soon to be US immigrant.) | ||
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| Post# 669382 , Reply# 4 3/31/2013 at 08:32 (4,036 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod) | ||
Gloria Stoesser
Our Neighbor had that exact machine.
She had 5 children 3 boys and 2 girls and that machine ran constantly. I remember it was replaced by a Spacemate Pair (1969-1970) installed on the Main Floor of the house during an expansion (addition) on the house. She did keep the Kenmore and the Hamilton Dryer in the basement in case of breakdowns, because she couldn't be without a machine until the children started to move out. Weird, How you can remember certain things. | ||
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Post# 669407 , Reply# 6 3/31/2013 at 12:20 (4,036 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Next door neighbor on the other side had this washer. they were from Holland. Transferred from NYC in 1961. Don't know if they bought the machine after theyu moved to Texas or what. Didn't have a dryer until around 1963 or 1964 when she boughht a model 60 dryer--all timed dry and variable infinite temp selector. Loved watching this washer. She used Wisk and snowy Bleach. Even washed jeans on W'n'W cycle. So there I was a LK Combo on one side and this washer on the other side. Last time I saw a washer like this was when visiting some friendes in Dallas in like 1967 or 1968 and their neighbors had this very washer and also had the exact same Norge Timeline dryer as we had.
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Post# 669430 , Reply# 8 3/31/2013 at 14:52 (4,036 days old) by Kenmoreguy64 (Charlotte, NC) |
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Very cool machine!! That is a 1959 Kenmore 70 series. Same basic model, just two years older than the 1961 seventy in my avatar picture. I believe these even used the same timer, and other than differences in the cabinet, were otherwise the same exact washer. I can understand why they bring back great memories!
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Post# 669562 , Reply# 9 4/1/2013 at 07:37 (4,035 days old) by akronman (Akron/Cleveland Ohio) |
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1961 Kenmore in your avatar, Kenmoreguy64, is the FIRST machine I remember. I was born in 59, by the time I got near kindergarten and knew my ABC's, I remember Mom explaining that W was for warm, C for cold, as I watched her do the laundry. Very old memory of that exact 61 machine with all the rectangular designs on the timer/dial displays. And the silver lint trap and the agitator top with K and the nibs. Mom's exact machine. She also had a plastic cup measure for detergent that fit on top of the scrubber agitator top. We likely left the machine in florida when we moved back to Ohio in 68. I guess this model would be my most thoroughly prized find. 
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