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Thread Number: 78252
/ Tag: Ranges, Stoves, Ovens
In the area you grew up what brands were popular |
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Post# 1022712 , Reply# 2 1/27/2019 at 21:36 (1,916 days old) by wayupnorth  (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine) |
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Post# 1022717 , Reply# 3 1/27/2019 at 22:34 (1,916 days old) by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN) |
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The only furniture/appliance store in our town was Green's Furniture and they were a Maytag, Frigidaire, and Gibson dealer. On our street, two neighbors had Whirlpool washers and dryers, one neighbor had a GE filterflo pair, and everyone else, including my mother, had Maytags. At first, only two neighbors had dishwashers...one was a portable Whirlpool and the other was a built-in Whirlpool. Then my mother joined with her KDS17A Kitchenaid Superba in 1974. Most of the houses on our street were built by my father and grandfather and were contracted by the owner of Green's furniture as he was also the mayor, so they all had built-in Frigidaire cooktops and ovens and ours had a Frigidaire 40 inch coppertone range.
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| Post# 1022723 , Reply# 4 1/27/2019 at 22:46 (1,916 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c ) | ||
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I forgot about Maytag! Most people with money had Maytag or Frigidaire laundry, DD Suddreth sold Maytag as did Shields, W B Lindsey sold Speed Queen, but I never saw one at anyones house, | ||
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Post# 1022725 , Reply# 5 1/27/2019 at 22:51 (1,916 days old) by askolover (South of Nash Vegas, TN) |
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| Post# 1022728 , Reply# 6 1/27/2019 at 23:12 (1,915 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c ) | ||
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I saw Lots of them, we had one, one of Dads sisters had one and one of Mothers cousins had one.Lots of Maytags but I never understood why. | ||
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Post# 1022755 , Reply# 7 1/28/2019 at 07:05 (1,915 days old) by polkanut (Wausau, WI ) |
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 In my family (both sides) Sears/Kenmore merchandise was considered bargain basement stuff. My parents had a GE washer & dryer set, Amana fridge & microwave, Monarch gas range, and Kitchen Aid dw. Grandma Wilde had a Monarch gas range, GE fridge, Speed Queen wringer washer & GE dryer. Grandma Baumann had a Frigidaire Custom Deluxe non frost free fridge, Roper gas range, Speed Queen wringer. She never owned a dryer because she and Grandpa felt it was a waste of money. The rest of the family was all over the board. Two great aunts had Frigidaire appliances, another one had a Westinghouse Terrace Top range. One farm cousin had a GE electric range paired with a Norge fridge. | ||
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Post# 1022771 , Reply# 8 1/28/2019 at 09:23 (1,915 days old) by Ultramatic (New York City) |
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Hmmmm....
General Electric and Kenmore were the staples in my home and my relatives. In my home, the air conditioners were Fedders and Westinghouse. TV's were Du Mont, Motorola, Zenith, Panasonic and Magnavox. Our first microwave was a TOL Tappan. Vacuum was a Hoover canister, floor scrubber/polisher was a Regina. The mixer was an Osterizer, mixer, a Sunbeam Mixmaster Vista, toaster G.E., Iron a Sunbeam. The deep frier was a Dormeyer Fri-Well. Pressure cookers were Mirro and Presto. | ||
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Post# 1022773 , Reply# 9 1/28/2019 at 09:50 (1,915 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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GE and Inglis seemed to have the corner on the market for most appliances back in the day and in the part of Montreal where I grew up. If you lived in a part of the province where your nearest appliance dealer carried Moffat or Bélanger, well, that's what you bought! Kenmore was not only seen as the 'smart buy' because of the availability of parts and service, but as much because you could order appliances from the Simpsons-Sears catalog. The Viking-branded appliances from Eaton's were seen as superior to the Baycrest appliances from Morgan's/The Bay. This made no sense for ranges and refrigerators (both stores sourced them from Westinghouse, then WCI); but the GE-built Viking automatic washers and dryers really were better than the Westinghouse-built Baycrest versions! The "el-cheapo deluxe" brands were Roy - they were loosely allied with Gibson, and Canadian Admiral. The folks who wanted to impress the neighbours bought Maytag laundry appliances and KitchenAid dishwashers.
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Post# 1022787 , Reply# 11 1/28/2019 at 11:53 (1,915 days old) by paulg (My sweet home... Chicago) |
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Chicago
Chicago was the home of Hotpoint and there were a lot of Hotpoint appliances. GE as well. Both came out of the same factories.
Immediately nextdoor to Hotpoint was Sunbeam. In our neighborhood you couldn't throw a rock without hitting someone who worked for Hotpoint or Sunbeam (or Western Electric for that matter). Gas ranges were often Universal (By Cribben and Sexton) or Crown. We had both. Universal upstairs and Crown downstairs. Admiral air-conditioners were popular as were their freezers. Admiral was Chicago based. My mother-in-law has a 1960 Admiral range that she still uses for canning. The model is 4089. I wonder if anyone here has data on this unit. Everyone went through at least one Admiral B&W TV. But when color came, Zenith was very popular around town. Again, all Chicago based companies. We are loyal folk in these parts. | ||
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Post# 1022809 , Reply# 12 1/28/2019 at 17:52 (1,915 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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Post# 1022817 , Reply# 17 1/28/2019 at 20:00 (1,915 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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For a town of 2,000, the place I grew up in had an impressive number of appliance dealers. These brands were available:
Frigidaire Whirlpool Maytag Speed Queen KitchenAid Waste King GE Coronado (Gambles Hardware) Kenmmore (Sears catalog store) We were a Sears household. Nearly everything contained within came from Sears. This post was last edited 01/28/2019 at 20:50 | ||
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Post# 1022822 , Reply# 18 1/28/2019 at 20:23 (1,915 days old) by wayupnorth (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine) |
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To continue on my #2 post, growing up everything in my house was Kenmore, Craftsman, DieHard, Silvertone or Homart. Our Sears finally closed a month ago. I will only buy from a smaller dealer now. Might cost a little more or maybe even less, but will be happy and have someone local to deal with. There used to be 1 dealer per brand because of the old protected territories, like our Maytag dealer could sell Hotpoint but Whirlpool dealer could only sell GE. Now you can get any name anywhere.
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