Recent content by jamiel

No, they want a Frigidaire refrigerator because that is what the family had in their kitchen. As mentioned upthread, they are having the daughter consult on the exhibit to get it right.

intrigued that WP's fetish for un-customized bottom racks (bed of nails all over) got this early start and was a feature to be touted---they have continued 50 years later!

intrigued--apparently Electrolux/Frigidaire sources their 24" wall ovens from their plant in Australia...

Petek: it's already in so I can't see. So to see the unit, there is -no- blanket of shoddy-sheet insulation; all that is there are the adhesive asphaltic panels. It is labeled at 48 dBa and it sounds like that----very slightly quieter than the old one. The bottom rack from the old unit slid...

I've mentioned in bits and pieces our dishwasher saga---we had a 13 year old Bosch 100 series dishwasher which bit the dust earlier in the summer. It was white on white, and was the low-end Ascenta (plastic bottom). Have been entirely happy with it and it appeared to succumb to either a power...

you still see a very few of this vintage KA out in the wild....particularly in our inner-ring suburban area

There are some interesting soap ads in the Duke University advertising archive---interesting line extensions for things like Camay, the ads were used in their test markets (with a telltale "Available in Louisville and surrounding areas" or some-such phrasing).

That Sweetose was a wartime product---1947 was right at the end of sugar rationing and this looks like one way to try to keep some relevance. Recently scanned Better Homes and Gardens from about 1944 through 1947 (times were tough even after the war) and found that Staley (as opposed to...

Maybe they meant blower in both refrigerator and freezer?

Looks like they started moving out of TV/Radio in 1956 in favor of their defense business (making sonobuoys)

That one pictured got me through college, grad school, ....until it shorted out a couple years ago itself. Made it to 43 years. The fayke woode graine peeled in exactly that same corner, even!

Very intriguing. Wonder if the burner arrangement changed from the Tappan design?

That was Canada Kraft...note the different packaging and labeling on the cheddar product

Through archive.org old (back to 1936 V1#1) Consumer Reports are available online for free!

Had to clean my grandmother's out---she used cheap bucket soda-ash detergent and it limed up terribly, but a vinegar soak and brushdown from both directions together with a banging on the edge of the sink got it right