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Pumper to the Rescue! Thanks for sharing — growing up a Montgomery Ward family in rural Northern California, the catalog was always a good source of entertainment!

This is awesome!!! Thank you for sharing!

Beautiful! And your PJs almost match the avocado green! I have the same set in Harvest Gold. Amazing, efficient and quiet machines. Cheers!

What a tragedy for Karen and it’s hard to hear her joke about the food… Thank you for sharing this. I’ve never seen it before! My brother and I were huge Carpenters fans back in the day. Happy Holidays!

Well I don’t know what everyone else thinks, but when I come across a matched set, I’m smitten! Not sure of the vintage of this set…I’d reckon late 80s early 90s? A fun rescue, nevertheless!

Stunning! Thanks for sharing!

I just think of the height of the average housewife and reaching up to the control panel. My ex-wife is 4’ 11” and my mother-in-law was only 4’ 10” so wonder how the heck they could have seen and been able to turn the machines on?!

I spent Thanksgiving with my 93 year old parents and we had a lot of fun going through some old photo albums. I came across this circa 1974 photo of my folks and me on my Grandma’s back porch with her 1960s Montgomery Ward Signature wringer washing machine. We don’t look too happy…maybe it’s...

Mommie Dearest And didn’t our beloved Faye Dunaway/Joan Crawford have two Sears or Whirlpool combos in the famous “we’ll manage” scene in the laundry room?

And since I haven’t seen this thread in a while, I have to say I do not like the washer’s “lock ‘n spin” feature…difficult to disable.

And judging by the design of the washer’s agitator, I’m guessing still a coveted belt-drive?

I love the “heavy duty” badge…but when I compare my 1975 Montgomery Wards Signature heavy duty washer to my 1974 Sears Kenmore with Pentaswirl agitator that also claims it’s heavy duty, we all know who wins the title when it comes to washability between the two..!

Just ran across this machine in the Sacramento area on Craigslist (no, I’m not going after it, I already have two Maytag sets). Wanted to share because I’ve never seen the “Heavy Duty” label on these before. It looks like a cheap adhesive sticker — wondering if it was sold that way?

Bradfordwhite, I too, grew up with a ‘62 Frigidaire Custom Deluxe washer and a mid ‘50s BOL Maytag dryer. I always hated the fact that they didn’t match! My folks said that they went in with a couple of the neighbors to purchase the dryer and even though it was housed on my parent’s back...

Congratulations, Jamie, on a stunning find!

And here I was all excited about a 12-day Hawaiian Cruise Wash-in!!!

I must say the lady was limber! And she’s still with us!!!

Absolutely stunning! I once had a ‘66 set in Coppertone. Great machines and they weigh a ton!

I’ve seen this ad many times and just noticed that she’s pouring powdered Calgon into the dispenser wheel. Was it diluted with water as well? I know how the dispenser works with liquid but not sure how dry powder could spin out of the wheel into the tub..?

It’s hard to take my eyes off the machines and Janice! I grew up watching these shows (only during Summer vacation) with my Mom and had such a crush on Janice. That was before I knew I was gay…LOL!