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Thanks guys, I'm having a lot of fun scanning these! Reply #3: Fizzled, only in terms of a conversation starter here at AW, though I did spam the link on a few FB groups this time which might account for views. I'll admit, it wasn't very laundry-centric, but I did learn something. I never...

Well, it looks like last week’s film fizzled, so how about a crossover: classic television -and- Maytag. We’ve got a clip from the Today Show with Dave Garroway and Fred II touting Maytag’s automatic with Gyrafoam action. This was a kinescope print but transferred pretty well.

Here's one from 1957 for the Frigidaire fans. Those control towers look right at home in a modern kitchen. Lots of neat design ideas, too.

WP A/C That's really interesting about the Servel re-brand. I had heard of these growing up but never knew anyone that had one. Even in the era of cheap NG, I wonder what operating costs were like compared to a traditional unit.

Instead of a film this week, I've put together a few vintage 30 sec radio jingles for Whirlpool Corp, along with some period photos. And an open-invitation to anyone who has the odd appliance film, if you can get it to me, I'm happy to digitize and upload it to The Appliance Archive. Enjoy!

I'm just glad you guys are enjoying these, and I believe Robert has the pamphlet for "Tale of the Tub" available in the ephemera library. For some of these films, there may not be many copies left, and unfortunately, we're at the point where vinegar syndrome is destroying a lot of this. I'm...

This week's film takes us to Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry to see Maytag's exhibit on the history of home laundering..."The Tale of A Tub". No doubt some of you are familiar with the exhibit which ran for several years. I believe it also saw a late 60's update, but haven't found...

Re#5: Isn't that demo washer great?! And of course there was the matching dryer. And you're correct, these are silent films, often the only copy made. But I do have some commercially produced films with soundtracks in the pipeline. Re#8: The Benton Harbor / St. Joe facility was absolutely...

Set your wayback machine for October, 1953, and come along for a tour and open house at Whirlpool Corp, St. Joe, MI. If the 16mm Kodachrome isn't enough, there's also the still photos taken by WP's PR Dept, uploaded in Part 2. If you like these vids, please subscribe to The Laundry Archive. My...

Re Maytag & WP... Two very different business approaches. MT was built on old fashioned, conservative growth, with almost total vertical integration. That translated well to maintaining high quality standards and rapid design changes, but limited flexibility. When MT offered the Dutch Oven, it...

There's a neat article out there (Business Week?) where Fred II explains the Maytag philosophy on how they avoid 'change for the sake of change', and that they only introduce new features when it's truly warranted and thoroughly evaluated. Now I do love those late 50's annual styling changes...

Hey thanks guys! Ben, appreciate the correction. IIRC, 10M was still washers, but 12M included dryers. That's another film I've scanned, but will require quite a bit of processing before release. Benny, on use of the clip, I'll shoot you an email at your profile address. -C

I believe that was strictly automatics. What amazes me is that they hit 10M just one year later!

For the Maytag fans, I've just finished digitizing and uploading a short 16mm film that was shot by a local news station to commemorate the 9,000,000 MT Washer back in 1955. It's a bit grainy, but I didn't want to get carried away over-correcting things. Anyway, neat stuff!

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Hey John, the model is an RCI-39-60. I did goof on the updated replacement number, that should be 7524691. Here's a pic of the original. It measures approximately 19"w x 17"d (including connector). 7524691 does give me more options...and crosses to 5309950888. Therm-Coil shows they have a...

Hey guys, I'm looking for a replacement bake element for my 1960 Frigidaire 30" freestanding range; looks like I used my spare previously. The parts catalog shows 6564003 (3kw) and 7531340 (2700w) as compatible. The elements for the 40", besides being too narrow, are also too deep; go figure...

Open the door and try lifting up on the chrome door arms. If it's the right arm that's loose, you can remove the control panel and right side of the cabinet (it's a separate panel) and bend a new hook on the end of the spring. If it's the left side, the entire cabinet needs to come off. Do NOT...

According to the cut-sheet, the shipping weight of that Tappan is 190 lb, so deduct accordingly. No idea on that newer version of Raytheon, but the Mark V with dual mags is probably closer to 300. For both my Mark V and '62 Tappan I ended up building welded steel carts with nice big casters to...

Greg, thanks for that reminder! Of course this raises more questions than answers...