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| Post# 107648 2/3/2006 at 20:03 (6,650 days old) by brandonkoons () | ||
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What would be the most commonly found washer inside a home in 1963? | ||
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Post# 107667 , Reply# 2 2/3/2006 at 20:50 (6,650 days old) by frigilux  (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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Post# 107689 , Reply# 4 2/3/2006 at 21:36 (6,649 days old) by petek (Ontari ari ari O ) |
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Probabl Kenmore in my hometown as they were the only dept store we had. There was an appliance/tv store that sold RCA's and another one that sold Admiral and Frigidaire stuff. Thing was that many people bought at Sears back then because of their credit card, this was long before Visa and Mastercard came on the scene. And if they didn't have a Sears account they always had one of those 4 equal payments deals going to get you to buy something. Going to a small appliance store meant you probably had to have pay outright with cash or check.
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Post# 107690 , Reply# 5 2/3/2006 at 21:42 (6,649 days old) by gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA) |
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Atlanta would have been a dead heat between Frigidaire and Kenmore, with Maytag not far behind. | ||
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Post# 107698 , Reply# 6 2/3/2006 at 22:03 (6,649 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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| Post# 107739 , Reply# 9 2/4/2006 at 04:29 (6,649 days old) by angus (Fairfield, CT.) | ||
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Hmm = 1963.... In my area of Brooklyn, I would say an even split between Kenmore and Speed Queen. Right behind would be GE and Maytag | ||
| Post# 107746 , Reply# 10 2/4/2006 at 06:43 (6,649 days old) by stainfighter (Columbia, SC) | ||
1963, neighbors around the block... | ||
| Post# 107753 , Reply# 12 2/4/2006 at 08:22 (6,649 days old) by mayken4now (Panama City, Florida) | ||
Geeze - O -  | ||
| Post# 107825 , Reply# 17 2/4/2006 at 18:18 (6,649 days old) by scott55405 () | ||
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Jeff, what year did she switch over to automatic? | ||
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Post# 107826 , Reply# 18 2/4/2006 at 18:24 (6,649 days old) by sudsmaster (SF Bay Area, California) |
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By 1963 our old '47-or-so Bendix front loader had given up the ghost, and my Mom tells me that they started driving to a laundromat in town instead. Then we moved to the Big City and used laundromats within walking distance. All the kids wound up doing their own laundry... and when we moved to a flat with a GM Frigidaire in the basement (around 1965) that was a real treat. I learned how to make rope with that machine ;-) | ||
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Post# 107834 , Reply# 19 2/4/2006 at 19:11 (6,649 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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Drmitch-- I seem to recall International Harvester's name on a line of appliances when I was very young (early 60's). I could swear I recall an automatic washer with that branding. And we had an IH upright freezer in our basement. Anyway, wouldn't surprise me a bit if a wringer washer also sported the IH brand.
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Post# 107874 , Reply# 20 2/4/2006 at 22:46 (6,648 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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Post# 107903 , Reply# 22 2/5/2006 at 00:48 (6,648 days old) by dadoes (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Post# 108151 , Reply# 24 2/6/2006 at 07:45 (6,647 days old) by jamiel (Detroit, Michigan and Palm Springs, CA) |
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| Post# 108162 , Reply# 25 2/6/2006 at 08:36 (6,647 days old) by agiflow () | ||
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Most of the washers i seen in my neighborhood were either Ge, Hotpoint or Kenmore. A few families had Frigidaire washers. Several relatives also had Frigidaire appliances. I only knew of a few people who had Maytags-mostly saw those in laundromats. | ||
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Post# 108258 , Reply# 29 2/6/2006 at 20:57 (6,646 days old) by neptunebob (Pittsburgh, PA) |
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Pittsburgh liked the top loaders
Here in the Pittsburgh area many people worked for Westinghouse, but there were very few front loaders - mostly the top loaders. If you didn't work for Westinghouse then you owned Sears Kenmore. I never saw other brands until the late 70's, although one friend of my mother's had GE - I think she still has them. I am puzzled as to why Westinghouse built top loaders if the front loaders were better. | ||
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Post# 108676 , Reply# 31 2/9/2006 at 09:00 (6,644 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY) |
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Said: I am puzzled as to why Westinghouse built top-loaders if the front-loaders were better. Larger (perceived) capacity Speed (cycle times) Ease-of-use / loading & unloading, no beniding Psychological benefit of plenty of water. and the number one reason IMHO.... because the majority of machines were T/L at that time. | ||
| Post# 108988 , Reply# 33 2/10/2006 at 23:44 (6,642 days old) by rchris () | ||
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Here in Birmingham, Kenmore, Whirlpool, and GE were big in the early 60s. In the late 60s, early 70s, it was Maytag, GE, and Whirlpool. | ||
| Post# 109062 , Reply# 34 2/11/2006 at 10:33 (6,642 days old) by whirlcool (Just North Of Houston, Texas) | ||
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In the Chicago suburbs where I grew up in 1963 there were Frigidaires, GE Filter Flos, lots of Norge and Hotpoints. Hotpoint had a big factory in Chicago, if I remember correctly. When I was a kid we got to go to a Hotpoint company picnic cause one of my uncles worked for Hotpoint. | ||
| Post# 109180 , Reply# 35 2/11/2006 at 22:00 (6,641 days old) by rchris () | ||
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Hard to believe, whirlcool, that there wouldnt be a lot of Kenmores, since Chicago is the home of Sears Roebuck. Seems that Norge had some kind of headquarters in Chitown, too, so I can see lots of Norge owners. | ||
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Post# 112003 , Reply# 37 2/25/2006 at 21:42 (6,627 days old) by frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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In lieu of the resident experts, I'll try to answer (without being a smartass, since I'm still fighting the stomach flu and not up to being clever): I believe Coronado's were made by Beam, who also made the Wizard washers. If you find the video of Robert's '66 Wizard, you'll probably recognize the snorting noises, the tub ring, the agitator and the indexing tub. | ||
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