Thread Number: 65063
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
One Minute Washing Machine Co. |
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Post# 876867   4/13/2016 at 06:39 (2,906 days old) by maytagmike (Burlington, Vt)   |   | |
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Post# 876871 , Reply# 1   4/13/2016 at 07:38 (2,906 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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Back in the day with a few companies coming out of Newton, IA; Maytag and One Minute Washer Company. But Maytag didn't own the latter.
One Minute Washer merged with a company called Bergman Manufacturing in the early part of last century, not sure what happened afterwards. There have been several discussions in the past here in the group about OMW. www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/T... This little guy has to be one of my favorites: www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/wr... |
Post# 876873 , Reply# 2   4/13/2016 at 07:57 (2,906 days old) by maytagmike (Burlington, Vt)   |   | |
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Post# 876908 , Reply# 3   4/13/2016 at 14:01 (2,906 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c )   |   | |
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Was around as late as the 50s, I have a ad somewhere for a one minute automatic recommending Tide detergent. |
Post# 976950 , Reply# 5   1/5/2018 at 08:13 (2,274 days old) by abcomatic (Bradford, Illinois)   |   | |
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The Meadows washing machine company started life in Pontiac, Il. |
Post# 977012 , Reply# 7   1/5/2018 at 17:44 (2,274 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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"The epidemic took the form of a severe case of copycat-itis. In 1907, O.B. Woodrow started the Automatic Washer Co., which sold a version of the One Minute that was powered by electricity. In 1907, Fred Maytag started selling a washer, the Pastime, also based on the One Minute. The companies were successful but the main problem with the washers was that, except for the Automatic, they required human power, and even the Automatic was of limited use because electricity was still something of a novelty.
But the Maytag Co. (Maytag bought out the other interests in Parsons and changed the company name in 1909) got around the problem by introducing the Multi-Motor model in 1914. The washer was powered by a half-horsepower gasoline engine, which made the model a natural for the unelectrified farmlands of America." articles.chicagotribune.com/1985-... That tub and wringer "One Minute Washer" shown on Worthpoint originally came with a hand powered agitator. It was a variation of the many small washers that used manual labor meant for doing small loads such as lady's things, baby things, or perhaps a load of laundry such as a load of napkins, towels (woven not terry), one or two shirts/blouses, socks, etc.... More so if one lived in space constrained housing such as an apartment. www.oldewash.com/cf/detail_report... |