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Post# 917890   1/27/2017 at 21:01 (2,616 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada)        

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Has anyone seen one of these?

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Post# 917894 , Reply# 1   1/27/2017 at 21:25 (2,616 days old) by wayupnorth (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine)        

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My neighbors mother as a kid worked at the Sylvania plant in Bangor in a pretty good paying job. I know they got light bulbs and a Sylvania Color TV. They had a Maytag washer. I am sure if Elsie could get more at a discount from them she would before she retired and saw the ominous writing on the wall.

Post# 917895 , Reply# 2   1/27/2017 at 21:28 (2,616 days old) by jamiel (Detroit, Michigan and Palm Springs, CA)        

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Interesting...Leonard was a secondary brand for Kelvinator...at least in the US.



Post# 917902 , Reply# 3   1/27/2017 at 22:17 (2,616 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada)        

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Here too, Leonard was related to Kelvinator. I can't tell what this washer is. Strangely, Sylvania and Leonard were distributed by Northern Electric which was a related to Western Electric and Sylvania was part of GTE.

We also had a Sylvania "GT Matic" solid state color TV when I was a kid.


Post# 917925 , Reply# 4   1/28/2017 at 06:32 (2,616 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie)        

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Sylvania made front-loaders, too. This one shows they were one of the first to employ a pedestal to raise the washer off the floor. Rather than a drawer, seen on modern pedestals, this one sported a planter which was automatically watered using the final rinse water. Very rare!

Post# 917928 , Reply# 5   1/28/2017 at 07:31 (2,616 days old) by jamiel (Detroit, Michigan and Palm Springs, CA)        

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Canada has always had some strange hybridizations...thinking about RCA appliances as "a thing"--the key was apparently to provide full lines for local white/brown goods retailers...almost like "Firestone" appliances in the US.

Post# 917939 , Reply# 6   1/28/2017 at 08:48 (2,616 days old) by brucelucenta ()        

The washer is a Kelvinator. It looks just like all the old Leonard machines that Otasco used to sell here in Oklahoma and the surrounding area. Leonard is one of the rebadged names Kelvinator made.

Post# 917975 , Reply# 7   1/28/2017 at 12:13 (2,616 days old) by HiLoVane (Columbus OH)        

That Sylvania TV pictured, reminds me of the ones that used to be awarded as the "grand prize" on the original "BEAT THE CLOCK" back in the 1950's, except those were console models.

Post# 917991 , Reply# 8   1/28/2017 at 14:32 (2,616 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada)        

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Bruce, if it's like à Kelvinator, then I need to search for that! My grandpa worked for Northern Electric and he was a great fan of Leonard appliances and later Kelvinator. Even if the later ones he bought were WFI junk!

I have to say that when he retired, he bought Inglis laundry and dishwasher and also an Inglis range, He still had an old Leonard fridge and a newer Kelvinator fridge and chest freezer.


Post# 918068 , Reply# 9   1/29/2017 at 08:38 (2,615 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)        
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The pictured machine is diffidently a Kelvinator Washer


Post# 918071 , Reply# 10   1/29/2017 at 08:48 (2,615 days old) by brucelucenta ()        
PhilR

It would be great if you could find one. They are scarce as hen's teeth now, even ones with the Kelvinator name on them. Makes me sick to think about how many there used to be around back in the day...they were everywhere!!!


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