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1968 Waste King Dishwasher I remember my aunt remodeled her kitchen back in 1968. That '68 kitchen was an expensive up market redo. They replaced the gas stove with a Jennair Electric oven with the grill cook top option. And the dishwasher was I believe a stainless steel top line Waste King...

Someone mentioned in this thread they had a GE or Hotpoint unit that cooled real well but the fan output was weak. Several years back, an HVAC repairman showed me a little trick to restore some cooling and operating efficiency in these units. The squirrel cage fan would accumulate dirt and gunk...

Thank You I thought the reason for the S arm on the Kitchen Aid's were for water conservation/energy star ratings. I'm glad Whirlpool saw the light and retained the distinct Hobart inspired 4 way hydra sweep bottom tub wash arm. I also noticed the new Kitchen Aids brought back the heating...

Had a little time to kill and visited Kitchenaid's website. I checked out their new line of dishwashers. It seems ALL their models feature the venerable Hobart introduced 4 way Hydra Wash Arm. Thank Goodness; from the reasonably priced model to the fancy almost $2000 machine they all have the 4...

I actually knew a family who had one! Back in 1977 I dated a girl I met at college. She lived 10 minutes away in the Milford Mill area of Northwest Baltimore County. I remember seeing that telephone dial dishwasher. As far as I knew it was alive and well (working) when we dated back in 1977...

When is it? When and where in Pit?

So, once we hit 1957 did Fridgidare square off their refrigerator/freezers across the entire line? Then what year (s) were those models that started to look sleeker but still had the rounded corners, the ones with the funky 50's scroll design on them?

Another Raymond Loewy design I swear the classic Fedders A/C units look like the Good and Plenty design or vice versa.

Fedders Though this may be straying a bit off topic. Fedders back in the day was sort of like the classic Maytag. They used to make kick ass air conditioners with their round "weather wheel" vent. This design was originally designed by famed industrial designer Raymond Lowey. If you look at...

Thank You Pat Pat, why did Maytag adopt the less reliable and in my opinion uglier Norge designs when they bought Magic Chef/Norge in the 80's? Were these Maytags still made at their Newton plant?

Looking at this picture, this Firestone washer looks like a Newton Iowa Maytag classic stripped down. Still the looks I like, round tub opening. Were Firestone washers made by Maytag?

Poor side of the family Funny you should be discussing this. My sister and I always laughed at our upbringing in retrospect. We were never wanting for anything however, our house was best described as funky. My mom was never a good housekeeper. Our beloved dad proclaimed our mother as "Hitler's...

Years back, I looked through an old builder's magazine from the 1950's and saw an ad for a most unusual dishwasher. At first it looks like a typical 1950's under counter built in dishwasher until you read the ad copy. On the other side of the dishwasher which would normally be the back end...

Looking at all the pictures on this site and Flickr, I spotted many Fridgidare advertisements. What year did they start making frost free models? When did they become squared instead of the funky 50's rounded look? Anyone remember a top of the line 1950's rounded top early side by side...

Whatever happened to ABC and Easy? I remember reading a vintage Consumer Reports and they top rated an Easy or ABC washer in the 50's. However, several years later (1960's)one of their models was at the bottom of the ratings or even unacceptable. Were the two brands related? Did they ever merge...