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I have the same problem in cold weather. This past winter I did an eBay search on "lanolin soap" and got some very good vintage lanolin soap sold by the defunct I. Magnin department store chain. It was great. Soaps with a lot of coconut oil are very, very drying to my skin, sadly. Congrats on...

Hans mentioned he saw a lot of Marquette fridges in his hometown. I don't see anything in the archives about who might have made them, though there is a lot of discussion about Marquette washers. https://automaticwasher.org/threads/ive-never-even-heard-of-this.64249/#post-868387

Hmm. The last patent number was issued January 18, 1949, so it would have been made some time after that. https://patents.google.com/patent/US2459173A/en Yet there are no shelves on the door. Crosley's patent on that expired in 1951, and most other makes immediately added them. So my guess...

The TAED "activator," if you want to call it that, is used in a lot of products, including Clorox 2. P&G did have their own, NOBS, but it seems to have fallen into disuse. It was all discussed in an older thread here. https://automaticwasher.org/threads/is-this-new.94744/

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.

I really like that Frigidaire window AC. Not only was it very attractive for the times, it had two rotary compressors operating independently. You could use just one if it wasn't that hot. It probably weighed a ton, though.

I'm sure this chain store doesn't ban P&G reps. Somebody must have goofed. Incidentally P&G removing discontinued products so fast is pretty annoying. I liked the Dawn New Zealand Springs scent, but it was gone in nothing flat. I would have bought some bottles from a closeout shelf but P&G...

Yes, I got a coupon to replace a bottle of unscented Downy Wrinkle Guard or whatever it's called that had almost solidified. The nice lady on the phone said it was three years old based on the serial number, but I'd just bought it, albeit at a smaller supermarket that probably didn't sell much...

You have a 1917 Dodge? Does it have the 12 volt silent starter?

The IC refrigerator must not have been around for long. Has anyone ever heard of it? There is a patent for an ice making machine issued to a Charles C. Spreen in 1929, assigned to Kelvinator, so it must have been the guy mentioned in the ad. https://patents.google.com/patent/US1823806A/en

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...

Robert is one of a select few who could run a website as a complete professional and not let the membership drive him crazy. ;) I've seen it happen repeatedly! We can be a pretty dramatic bunch at times. If Robert says the site will be in good hands, I believe him. Enjoy your retirement (and...

My experience using older detergents tracks Robert's. Sometimes there's no scent but occasionally there will be a box that has some light scent left, most noticeable if you are outside when the dryer is running. I'm using Late Sixties Drive at the moment and it not only cleans well, it's much...

A little confused by your statement, Launderess, that the Arm & Hammer was "loaded with phosphates" in light of the box saying that it contained no more than 0.5 percent phosphorus by weight. The box of Cheer Robert has could well be 20% or more. But if you're getting good results that's the...

Easy 1958 There were so many attractive washers on the market in 1958, it would have been hard to choose. I might have gone with a Whirlpool Imperial because of parts and service availability but this Easy would have been mighty tempting.

Other members had different experiences with Fels, particularly with leaving clothes gray...as you'd expect with a soap in anything but soft water. https://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?47265

Regarding Post #2 (1937 Vitalaire) Consumers' Research Bulletin 1937 annual said it was the best-performing ice refrigerator tested, maintaining an inside temperature more than 2 degrees below the Coolerator model J-5. However, none of the ice refrigerators tested could maintain a temp as low as...

Water heating used to be much harder, as most people didn't have the automatic water heaters we have today. In the house my mom grew up in, there was a coil on the central coal furnace, which was common with central oil or coal furnaces, but many people didn't have any kind of central heating...

Notice the washers can be had for 25 cycle, 50 cycle, and 60 cycle current as well as 32 volts DC. Southern California Edison was 50 cycle territory until the late Forties! I think 25 cycles were used on some of the early hydroelectric installations at Niagara Falls. My grandfather had a DC...

I like the vintage Wamsutta Supercale Plus sheets (50/50 cotton/polyester) I got not too long ago. Many people don't like polyester blends, but except in the hottest weather they work for me, and they don't get wrinkled up as much as all-cotton. Penney's Pencale all-cotton are good too and not...