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Thread Number: 82726
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Monster of a GE stove |
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Post# 1068679 4/22/2020 at 16:18 (1,463 days old) by goatfarmer  (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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Post# 1068684 , Reply# 1 4/22/2020 at 16:45 (1,463 days old) by pulltostart (Mobile, AL) |
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Beautiful! | ||
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Post# 1068690 , Reply# 2 4/22/2020 at 16:59 (1,463 days old) by turquoisedude (.) |
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Post# 1068707 , Reply# 3 4/22/2020 at 20:26 (1,463 days old) by CircleW (NE Cincinnati OH area) |
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Nice one! Most likely a '53 model. A slight restyling from the '50 - '52 models. Made before production moved to Louisville, KY when Appliance Park opened. | ||
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Post# 1068728 , Reply# 4 4/23/2020 at 00:50 (1,462 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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I don't believe there ever was a griddle. It had the plug for the deep fat fryer immersion element labeled Deep Well Fryer. Shame about the oven rust. | ||
| Post# 1068797 , Reply# 5 4/23/2020 at 09:41 (1,462 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c ) | ||
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Its a 53 TOL Pretty stove | ||
| Post# 1071087 , Reply# 6 5/6/2020 at 09:42 (1,449 days old) by moparguy (Virginia) | ||
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It even has its salt and pepper shakers! The salt and pepper shakers are so often missing. A pretty stove, and it has the push button controls that light and surface light, too! | ||
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Post# 1071260 , Reply# 7 5/7/2020 at 23:50 (1,447 days old) by ovrphil (N.Atlanta / Georgia ) |
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The tall back panel | ||
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Post# 1071926 , Reply# 8 5/11/2020 at 07:35 (1,444 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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Phil, the taller control panels were generally on the more deluxe models of many appliances to make them look more imposing and impressive. | ||
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Post# 1071991 , Reply# 9 5/11/2020 at 16:28 (1,444 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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Not just aesthetics...
They were safer as well; having the controls high up in the backsplash made burns from steaming pots less likely. This was one reason CU loved Frigidaire stoves in many reports. English electric stoves have the controls at eye-level for convenience and safety. Also, controls farther away from small children's hands.
It's easy to see how high controls disappeared after a while especially from the greedy-corporate perspective; all that extra metal and porcelain cost money. My favorite GE stove from the late Sixties sported high controls when they finally moved the burner controls onto the backsplash where they belonged:
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Post# 1072003 , Reply# 10 5/11/2020 at 18:03 (1,444 days old) by CircleW (NE Cincinnati OH area) |
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A lot of 40" ranges with lower backsplashes had the controls grouped to the side away from the surface units. | ||
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Post# 1072046 , Reply# 11 5/11/2020 at 22:58 (1,443 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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Well, kitchen cabinet and countertop lines changed as the modern lines of the 50s evolved and cabinet ranges tried to look more like the builtins that became such signs of desirable modern upscale kitchens. | ||
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Post# 1072055 , Reply# 12 5/11/2020 at 23:29 (1,443 days old) by bradfordwhite (central U.S.) |
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 The taller the appliance, the bigger the box needed to ship it. Also the more packing materials. The more space it takes up during shipping. The more space needed in the warehouse.
Though I've seen a couple of those double oven, free standing stoves from the 60s and 70s, I never had to deal with them. I don't know if they come apart or if they literally shipped them in one piece. They're the size of a large refrigerator.
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