Vintage Appliance Advertisements: Part Thirty

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Vintage appliance advertisements up to 1989. Refrigerators, Freezers, Washing Machines, Clothes Dryers, Dishwashers, Television, Radio, Phonographs (electric and wind-up), Fans, Air Conditioners, Vacuums, Clocks, small kitchen appliances. Please feel free to post any pertaining ads. Please make sure any image you post does not contain any watermarks or copyrights from any individuals or websites.

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Part Seventeen

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Wow, I didn't know Capitol Records sold stereos.

Trying to identify the "famous Capitol artists" shown in the ad. From left to right, I've got Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Dinah Shore, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Unknown (but maybe Johnny Mercer), Ray Anthony, and three more Unknowns...to me! Can anybody tell who they are?
 
supersuds said:
Wow, I didn't know Capitol Records sold stereos.

Trying to identify the "famous Capitol artists" shown in the ad. From left to right, I've got Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Dinah Shore, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Unknown (but maybe Johnny Mercer), Ray Anthony, and three more Unknowns...to me! Can anybody tell who they are?
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Hi suds!
What I can tell you is that Capitol indeed sold stereos but they were manufactured for them by another company.
Possibly VM, or Admiral, maybe GE, not sure of the exact brand, it's been years since I worked on one.
 
supersuds said:
Well, that's not too surprising they had a subcontractor. I bet it wasn't RCA!

Did you ever work on a CBS-Columbia stereo? That's another one that I didn't know existed until seeing old ads--they made TVs, too.
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Hiya again suds.
All I can tell you is that from 1991 up to 2016, when I finally retired from the last repair shop I slaved over for those 25 years, I've worked on virtually every brand name (A-to-Z) that came in the door.
I specialized on Vintage Restorations, since there wasn't many of us professionals educated in such things.
Getting older, it got harder to climb inside those huge consoles, and the other techs used to say that one day they'll wind up being my coffin! LOL!
What a way to GO!...... someone put on a Patsy Cline record!... Sweet Dreams!
I love that girl, and in 2005 her husband Charlie shook my hand, and daughter Julie kissed my cheek at an dedication event in Winchester Va.
Of course, the tv-vcr-tape decks and modern stuff kept me busy as all heck.
But at least I left a great legacy and thousands of pleased customers.
 
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Yes, I have LP albums from CBS and Columbia showing the new then stereo's. It's rather interesting learning the pressing plant and mastering symbols on the records dead-wax area at the end. The had plants around the country. NY, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Chicago, Tera Haute Indiana, Virginia, of course California.
 
Well, the first post: Now there's an ad that I hope will convince you to make all your appliances Frigidaire!

How long will each of those beautiful poppies last before they all break and need replacing one-by-one, and that red is an exclusive color it will be hard gfor anything, even white, to stand next to...



-- Dave
 
Columbia Records also had a pressing plant in Kings Mills, OH for several years in the late 1940s through the early 1950s. The building complex was built around 1916, and was the Peters Cartridge Co. factory. It was mostly vacant for decades, but was recently renovated into condos and restaurant.
 
hobbyapocalypse said:
I have a nice Capitol 45RPM player, a repairman once told me he thought they were made by Emerson but he didn't work on mine.
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I can do you one better - I've got a pristine RCA Victor 45 player with the optional carry case.
Of course it's been restored by me along with making some minor modifications.
I did countless 45 players at the shop over the years, however the parts for a proper restoration amount to $100 or so.
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I had an RCA 45 record changer/player like this one without the carrying case when I was in 7th and 8th grade. It had belonged to my grandpa originally.

At Christmas time he used to play Christmas records on it that went through a speaker that was over the front door. Once on Christmas Eve a group of carolers came to the door and asked if he wanted to have them sign carols for him? He said, “I got my own GD Christmas carols playin’, can’t ya hear em?“ Grandma was standing behind him and said.”Oh Walt give the kids a dollar and let em sing Jingle Bells”. So Grandpa relented and gave the kids a dollar and they sang.

When I had the RCA 45 player I used to play Beatles 45’s on it endlessly when I got home from school. Every week when I got my $1.00 allowance I went to the Variety Store and bought a couple of new 45’s at 50 cents each. That little RCA 45 record player was great to have!

Eddie
 
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