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Post# 816257   3/28/2015 at 13:01 (3,288 days old) by rpms (ontario canada)        

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The secretary that was from my grade 7 and 8 school has gone into the nursing home.
Her grandson is cleaning out her house. Turns out, he is a cousin of my brother in law.We were haggling and he was making the deals sweeter all the time.
I thought the dryer was a Frigidaire from first glance? A bit rough on the inside.
Of course there was a wringer washer. The house is frozen in time from ? Some really old stuff.
The house has been sitting for some time. Needs all new plumbing, wiring,windows and roof.


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Post# 816258 , Reply# 1   3/28/2015 at 13:03 (3,288 days old) by rpms (ontario canada)        

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I am going back on Friday to pick up my stash of old detergents and other stuff. Got a vacuum and floor polisher too.

Post# 816259 , Reply# 2   3/28/2015 at 13:24 (3,288 days old) by rpms (ontario canada)        

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Was Viscount the Canadian version of Frigidaire? Just noticed the crown on the blurred badge.

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Post# 816260 , Reply# 3   3/28/2015 at 13:32 (3,288 days old) by turquoisedude (.)        
Viscount

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Brian, I've never, ever heard of the Viscount brand before!   I don't know why but the pushbuttons and console of the dryer are screaming 'EASY' at me...   

 

I'm intrigued...  I'll also go out on a limb that Viscount was the 'store brand' of the Co-op out west, too.   That being said, perhaps the refrigerator was a rebadged Frigidaire, but that's pure guesswork.  


Post# 816268 , Reply# 4   3/28/2015 at 15:19 (3,288 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD)        

The drum construction looks like something Franklin borrowed from Whirlpool.

Post# 816400 , Reply# 5   3/29/2015 at 09:25 (3,287 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)        
Early to mid 60s Franklin Built Dryer

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As Tom mentioned these were sort a [ BAD ] copy of a mid to late 50s WP dryer, they were only so-so dryer at best. My Father worked for Universal Cooperatives here in the US and a number of family friends etc had CO-OP appliances, Franklin also made Western-Auto appliances.

 

Those impressive looking six different fabric selections were just like a Norge dryer of the same time period, you only actually had a hi and low and air-fluff selections the other three were redundant, it was designed to make the stupid house wife feel important making decisions without confusing her little brain instead of just giving a Hi or Low and Air-Fluff setting  [ it was designed by a man for sure ], LOL.


Post# 816463 , Reply# 6   3/29/2015 at 17:46 (3,287 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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Here are nearly identical models branded Co-Op. Franklin built as well.

 

 



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Post# 816572 , Reply# 7   3/30/2015 at 15:11 (3,286 days old) by scoots (Chattanooga TN)        
Oh God, John L,

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your posts always give me such an evil chuckle.


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