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Thread Number: 62825
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
TODAY'S P.O.D. 11/27/15 |
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| Post# 853831 11/27/2015 at 07:36 (3,073 days old) by washdaddy (Baltimore) | ||
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I've never heard of this brand of washer's and dryer's. What company made these machines and when were they sold? | ||
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| Post# 853844 , Reply# 1 11/27/2015 at 09:18 (3,073 days old) by whitetub (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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Me neither. Never heard of it. I've seen this ad before. They do look a lot like the models Gibson and Kelvinator made, in the mid-70's. If my memeory serves me right. | ||
Post# 853846 , Reply# 2 11/27/2015 at 09:38 (3,073 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy  (Oak Park, MI) |
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 Think the Cameo model would be my pick... If I were to live in the region of the US where this brand & retailer exist...
The Princess is too spartan & for that to be the user of doesn't live up to its name... A Countess sounds like the machines have to be carried out to the user by footmen underneath, if not carrying her to the laundry room in that manner...
Besides, going through the features of each machine & seeing the buttons & knobs depicting what at least the washer does, I would reckon the Cameo makes the best value in a mid-line machine & most-likely would have been the Greatest-Sell...
-- Dave | ||
| Post# 853848 , Reply# 3 11/27/2015 at 10:05 (3,073 days old) by golittlesport (California) | ||
Franklin | ||
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Post# 853849 , Reply# 4 11/27/2015 at 10:08 (3,073 days old) by kenwashesmonday (Carlstadt, NJ) |
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Coronado was the house brand of Gambles department stores. But who made these machines? I don't know. | ||
| Post# 853850 , Reply# 5 11/27/2015 at 10:09 (3,073 days old) by jimmler (Nipomo, CA) | ||
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| Post# 853853 , Reply# 7 11/27/2015 at 10:30 (3,073 days old) by roto204 (Tucson, AZ) | ||
Royalty | ||
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Post# 853891 , Reply# 8 11/27/2015 at 16:30 (3,073 days old) by jamiel (Detroit, Michigan and Palm Springs, CA) |
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Aldens/National Bellas Hess (where this catalogue was from) was a catalogue retailer similar to Sears/Wards (Penney in the 1960s). Perhaps most comparable to Spiegel; more catalogue-centric than Western Auto. Coronado was (as mentioned) Gambles' house brand...also believe it went up into central Canada as well (which makes sense given that Gambles' was based in Minneapolis). Although I don't think there was a corporate connection between Gambles and Aldens/National Bellas Hess, the proximity between the two made sense to share the private label. Aldens/NBH ultimately died in the mid-late 70s after a not very successful expansion into discount retailing in the Kansas City/Des Moines area.
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