Thread Number: 89615
/ Tag: Vintage Dryers
Is this the first Westinghouse Dryer? |
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Post# 1142044   2/13/2022 at 07:41 (795 days old) by moparwash (Pittsburgh,PA )   |   | |
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At a local antique place, it resembles the first-ever Laundromat in many ways with the fluted cabinet and the control knob. Ill have to go see it this week, link is to the facebook marketplace ad, might not work if your are not on FB
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Post# 1142049 , Reply# 1   2/13/2022 at 09:22 (795 days old) by classiccaprice (Hampton, Virginia)   |   | |
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It is probably a 1948-ish model. Their first dryer came out after the war as a 46 model. The 46/47 model looked like this...
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Post# 1142050 , Reply# 2   2/13/2022 at 09:31 (795 days old) by classiccaprice (Hampton, Virginia)   |   | |
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Here's a 49 model. I want to say 1950 they switched to a black circle to more closely match the washer with the window.
I'm not sure when the white knobs switched to red. |
Post# 1142057 , Reply# 3   2/13/2022 at 10:27 (795 days old) by wayupnorth (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine)   |   | |
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