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Does that option button on the far right read "WOOLENS/SOCKS/MISC."?

How are the "Gentle Wash" and "China & Crystal" cycles different, if at all?

I'm interested in the Kenmore and Whirlpool lit.

This was my model from 1973-85.

Lady K "piano keyboard" When Lady K debuted its "piano keyboard" panel in 1966, the two delicate cycles were labeled as DELICATE FABRICS/LINGERIE (slow agitation) and WASHABLE WOOLENS/FRAGILE FABRICS (extra slow agitation; both with brief soak periods). "Delicate" and "fragile" seem like exact...

I've just began wondering on who at Frigidaire (GM) came up with the idea of their nearly unique up-and-down agitators?

Speed Switches On a side question, when did those manual speed switch models go down from three to two agitation speeds?

Sears (Kenmore) Catalog's definition of a cycle "A cycle is a series of operations performed automatically in sequence: fill, wash, rinse, spin, etc. Cycles (e.g. Normal, Permament Press, Delicate/Gentle) are varied by changing time, speed, water temperature, etc. The more versatile washer are...

Delicate/Knit/Washable Woolens selections This was the last of the fabulous "piano key" models. This was a 2-speed model, thus there didn't seem to be much difference between the "Knitted Fabrics" and "Delicates-Washable Woolens" selections in terms of agitation speed, along with intermittent...

Cool-Down sequence I think 1964 (the year of that pair) was the debut year of that said cool-down sequence. It changed in 1976 with the partial drain and pause.

'Suaves' cycle From the BD era, the 'SUAVES' (Permanent Press) cycle ran with low agitation and high spin with no cool-down.

Where's the WP dishwasher?

Had the built-in version of that model in Coppertone in the second half of the 70s. Prior to that, we had a Harvest Gold portable, possibly that same model as well

"Short" cycle was usually used for delicate fabrics on single-speed normal-sized washers.

Appropriately dubbed as "radio dial" timers.