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Thread Number: 68264
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
1967 Dutch catalogue |
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Post# 910040 12/7/2016 at 16:07 (2,696 days old) by foraloysius  (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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I have this catalogue in my collection. It's a 1967 farmer's catalogue, but they also sold products for the home. I took photos of the pages with washers (and a rare dryer) and dishwashers. Scanning them was too difficult because of the size and the weight of the catalogue.
I'll start with the AEG pages. | ||
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Post# 910042 , Reply# 1 12/7/2016 at 16:09 (2,696 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Post# 910043 , Reply# 2 12/7/2016 at 16:10 (2,696 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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| Post# 910046 , Reply# 3 12/7/2016 at 16:39 (2,696 days old) by Paulc (Edinburgh, Scotland) | ||
Thanks | ||
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Post# 910047 , Reply# 4 12/7/2016 at 16:42 (2,696 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Post# 910048 , Reply# 5 12/7/2016 at 16:47 (2,696 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Post# 910049 , Reply# 6 12/7/2016 at 16:49 (2,696 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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| Post# 910052 , Reply# 7 12/7/2016 at 16:56 (2,696 days old) by Paulc (Edinburgh, Scotland) | ||
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Wow
The Siemens sounds like a fun machine! I always thought the Turnamat was the best of both worlds. The convenience of an automatic with the fast spin of a twin tub.
It's really interesting to see the variety of machines available in the Netherlands in 1967, compared to the machines of the time in the U.K. | ||
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Post# 910082 , Reply# 9 12/7/2016 at 22:10 (2,696 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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WK 43
It is indeed not a vented drying system but a water cooled condensation one.
Here's a video of the similar Constructa Completta. There were more dryers available in the NL than the AEG dryer in this catalogue. This firm only sold a limited number of brands. For instance Miele is missing here, Miele always had around 20% market share here. But not many people had them yet, I guess the main reason was that electricity was expensive. We had neighbours with a Miele dryer, but most drying was done on the outside clothesline and under a drying porch. They had 9 children, so they accumulated lots of laundry. My mother dried outside or inside on a wooden clothesrack. Inside it stood in the laundryroom, there was room enough. | ||
| Post# 910435 , Reply# 10 12/10/2016 at 03:59 (2,694 days old) by alanlondon (London) | ||
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Very interesting Thanks Louis for posting this, very interesting to see what was available at the time. Kind regards, Alan | ||
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Post# 910438 , Reply# 11 12/10/2016 at 04:54 (2,694 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage) |
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In the flesh | ||
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Post# 910441 , Reply# 12 12/10/2016 at 05:57 (2,694 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Good heavens Launderess, you have a good memory! That is indeed the same AEG Minerva dryer.
Another special appliance is the Siemens dishwasher in the very last picture. It is similar to the Constructa dishwasher we have discussed here before. Four small spray arms under the lower rack, one in the middle and one on top. The only difference is the Constructa has a window, the Siemens not. | ||
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Post# 910483 , Reply# 13 12/10/2016 at 11:45 (2,693 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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Post# 910492 , Reply# 14 12/10/2016 at 12:15 (2,693 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Post# 910527 , Reply# 15 12/10/2016 at 17:31 (2,693 days old) by panthera (Rocky Mountains) |
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Louis, Thank you! What memories that brings back! Once upon a time, Constructa was pretty damn fine stuff - always better built than necessary. Of course, back then, everything was better built. Wow.
I was the only person I knew in Munich with a clothes dryer before 1983. The only one. To the very end, my friends and relations thought I was a horrible sinner against the environment. | ||
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Post# 910598 , Reply# 16 12/11/2016 at 04:06 (2,693 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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The Rondomatic was a big machine for European standards. Quite expensive too. Whenn I moved to Groningen in the early eighties to go to university here I came across one of those in a window in an old fashioned appliances shop. What a machine, still after 15 or so years, it still looked wonderful. If I had had the space back then...
I used to make a joke about caring for the environment when people complained about my dryer usage. In Dutch the word environment is "milieu" but that word also means background/upbringing/family. I'd use to say "Milieu, milieu? Ik kom uit een voortreffelijk milieu" after a commercial. (Environment, environment? I come from a very good background). | ||
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Post# 910599 , Reply# 17 12/11/2016 at 04:26 (2,693 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Here's a video from a machine from the catalogue. On page 5 in the first message you can see the AEG Turna L. It's similar to the AEG Turnamat, but without the spinner. These machines were often bought by people who didn't have the space for a Turnamat. They would use a separate spin dryer with this washer. I love the rapid advance timer.
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Post# 910601 , Reply# 18 12/11/2016 at 04:58 (2,693 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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Post# 910611 , Reply# 19 12/11/2016 at 08:47 (2,693 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Nice machines | ||
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Post# 910722 , Reply# 20 12/12/2016 at 02:19 (2,692 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands) |
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