Thread Number: 88783
/ Tag: Vintage Automatic Washers
POD 11-11-2021 Lady Kenmores & Jane Wyatt |
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Post# 1133226 , Reply# 1   11/11/2021 at 09:47 (868 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 1133227 , Reply# 2   11/11/2021 at 10:13 (868 days old) by luxflairguy (Wilmington NC)   |   | |
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But isn't that Jane Wyman? |
Post# 1133230 , Reply# 3   11/11/2021 at 11:15 (868 days old) by pulltostart (Mobile, AL)   |   | |
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Post# 1133231 , Reply# 4   11/11/2021 at 11:35 (868 days old) by ea56 (Cotati, Calif.)   |   | |
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These are exactly like the set of LK’s that my favorite aunt replaced her ‘55 Westy slant front set with when they moved and sold the Westy’s with the house. I used to go to her house to visit when I’d first moved away from home and do my laundry in her machines. They were very nice, but they weren’t a nice as those beautiful Westy slant fronts.
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Post# 1133232 , Reply# 5   11/11/2021 at 11:39 (868 days old) by rinso (Meridian Idaho)   |   | |
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I think it's interesting that her character on FKB, Margaret Anderson, had a front loader. It wasn't a slant front, so it may have been a Bendix or something similar. |
Post# 1133245 , Reply# 6   11/11/2021 at 13:45 (868 days old) by Maytag85 (Sean A806)   |   | |
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That set reminds me of the one redcarpetdrew had awhile back but his was a 900 series set which had a few less features than the TOL Lady Kenmore set but otherwise had similar features to the 1968 Lady Kenmore.
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Post# 1133246 , Reply# 7   11/11/2021 at 13:46 (868 days old) by luxflairguy (Wilmington NC)   |   | |
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Sorry, I thought I'd deleted that! I now know the difference! |
Post# 1133365 , Reply# 8   11/12/2021 at 16:41 (867 days old) by vacerator (Macomb, Michigan)   |   | |
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in the Kenmore add. It's Jane Wayatt. She died in 2006 and was age 96. |
Post# 1133406 , Reply# 9   11/13/2021 at 00:59 (867 days old) by seedub (South Texas Hill Country)   |   | |
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Same with the later Rosemary Clooney version of the same ad with garage door units. The appliances are in some sort of hallway half inside and half outside, and there is no way that there is proper hookup behind them. As with Ms. Wyatt, Ms. Clooney talks only about the washer. I heard a still small voice inside me wondering whether the dryer in at least one of the ads was there for show, and one of the women owned only the washer. Musician Dave Brubeck's ad about his coppertone garage door LK dryer showed only a dryer, however.
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Post# 1133414 , Reply# 10   11/13/2021 at 09:16 (866 days old) by WhiteWhiskers (Silicon Valley, California)   |   | |
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Post# 1133426 , Reply# 11   11/13/2021 at 12:48 (866 days old) by bradfordwhite (central U.S.)   |   | |
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Def. staged.
They can just wheel the appliances into any room and it makes the appliances comfortable vs. a laundry room. Even if it is a real house, it's not likely to be the stars home. They wouldn't want that hulla-baa-loo happening in their home for silly photo shoot. Someone sets up the machine at either a rented house but more likely the home of one of the photographers or producers, the star comes in, they snap the pic, the star leaves. Then of course there is the studio where they have accurate control of all aspects. There they can make up any type scene they want. And just because a star CLAIMS they owned the machines, doesn't mean they did. Are we to believe they didn't have Maytags or more likely a weekly laundry service? Either way, they probably had cleaning staff that did that kind of stuff anyway. Ahh- but those were the days (60s and 70s), when appliance advertising was EVERYWHERE and it was relatable. |
Post# 1133460 , Reply# 13   11/13/2021 at 19:28 (866 days old) by bradfordwhite (central U.S.)   |   | |
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Appliances are essentially furniture and can go where ever people put them. Often it's where there are connections but if a home doesn't have them, they have to make them.
How many times have we seen pictures where an elderly couple wants to stay in their home but had the washer dryer moved upstairs so they wouldn't have to do the stairs. In Florida, it's not unusual to find make-shift laundry rooms in sheds and lean-tos. I've even saw washing machines literally sitting on a patio connected because that's where they use it in the state that usually doesn't freeze. New homes used to have laundries in the basement but now fewer homes have basements and laundries have moved to laundry rooms adjacent to bedrooms or even in the master closet.
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Post# 1133836 , Reply# 14   11/17/2021 at 21:03 (862 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Go to time stamp 41:00. Scene in the laundry room. Probably Kenmore, but makes me almost think that it's Canadian Kenmore?
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Post# 1133861 , Reply# 15   11/18/2021 at 07:52 (861 days old) by seeitrun2006 (Commerce, GA)   |   | |
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That is one of the last Kenmore washer/dryer combination |
Post# 1133865 , Reply# 16   11/18/2021 at 09:12 (861 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)   |   | |
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1969 Lady Kenmore Combination Washer Dryer. So close to being the last!
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Post# 1133867 , Reply# 17   11/18/2021 at 10:46 (861 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 1133973 , Reply# 19   11/19/2021 at 17:48 (860 days old) by Pierreandreply4 (St-Bruno de montarville (province of quebec) canada)   |   | |
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Post# 1133978 , Reply# 20   11/19/2021 at 18:15 (860 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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Post# 1134666 , Reply# 21   11/26/2021 at 20:24 (853 days old) by Washerlover (The Big Island, Hawai’i)   |   | |
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Post# 1134667 , Reply# 22   11/26/2021 at 20:39 (853 days old) by appnut (TX)   |   | |
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