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That refrigerator brings back a lot of memories for me. My grandma had the non-frost-free model which was purchased new around 1964 when her kitchen was remodeled. And our neighbor lady had the frost-free model which was still going strong when she moved to assisted living in 2009. Both were the...

Our house is a mixture of grounded & ungrounded. The original part of our house was built in 1925, and the addition was built around 1962. Funny thing though, the man who owned the house before us was in the electric motor repair business for over 50 years. You would've thought that he would...

Here's a link to a timeline of the Vollrath Co.   The Vollrath family has been very philanthropic over the years to the Sheboygan community as well. In 1931 the family turned over a beautiful piece of property to the city for use as a park which is still in use.   Sheboygan History: Vollrath...

MickeyD Thanks for finding those links.

I snapped a photo of this vintage sign in Merrill, WI. This is definitely one you don't see every day. It's still an operating laundromat, but I didn't have time to go inside. 

I found a new set of vintage West Bend Aristo Craft cookware at an estate sale in 2015 that I gifted to my parents when they moved to an apartment in January of last year. This is the first time my mom has ever had an electric stove, and she says this cookware is performing flawlessly for her. 

There’s the old rule of location, location, location! When my parents sold their home last year the initial asking price was $149,900. By the time they accepted an offer 6 days later the selling price was $160,000. They could've maybe gotten a little more, but they were shocked at how fast and...

When the elderly neighbors who lived next to our family moved to town, they brought their Caloric wood/gas combination stove with them.    The firebox is on the left side behind the door.

Both sets of grandparents, my parents, both of my sisters as well as me all had/have households with gas stoves and furnaces. None of us have ever had any problems with asthma, or any other breathing problems. Even now, my parents who moved into an apartment a year ago wish they had a gas heat...

I used Pine-Sol while my grandmother was alive. I did her laundry, and it was the only thing that would eliminate the urine smell. She was incontinent, but it was a struggle to get her to use Depends until she finally had to go into assisted living, and ultimately a nursing home.

Gansky, Your mom more than likely saved Betty Crocker coupons to acquire her flatware. A lot of housewives used this method to acquire their flatware, of which Oneida Twin Star was one of the most popular patterns.

My late mother-in-law and my wife both saved cigarette coupons instead of trading stamps. My wife acquired an avocado GE electric skillet with a tilt leg, and a couple of record cabinets. The skillet is long gone, unfortunately, but we still have the cabinets.   After my MIL passed away, we...

This 1972 General Electric J 370 30-inch range belongs to member Danemodsandy. <span style="font-size: 15px; font-weight: 400; white-space: pre-wrap;">It is 95% original, and everything works. Unlike today's painted tin-and-plastic wonders, this range is over 250 pounds of solid steel, finished...

Knock on wood!!! We replaced the ancient electric water heater in our home in July of 1998 with a 40-gallon Ruud natural gas heater w/ a Power Vent. We bought the house in June of 1998. It has given flawless performance ever since.    The reason the electric water heater was replaced so soon...

I'm a firm believer in ammonia & borax for safe laundry odor removal. Bleach is oftentimes too harsh. Just rewash the load with the normal amount of detergent, and 1 cup of ammonia and/or 1/2 cup of borax.

<span style="font-weight: 400;">FREE KitchenAid dishwasher</span> runs but water does not feed into the dishwasher. Pick up 5 miles east of Tomahawk, WI. https://northernwi.craigslist.org/app/d/tomahawk-free-kitchen-aid-dishwasher/7528264694.html

Monarch electric and wood burning stove. Cooks/bakes with electricity and has a wood burning side too. Perfect for a cabin or rural home that can use the electric for cooking and the wood burning side for heating. Free stove (no fees or costs). Contact to arrange a time to come and get it. Stove...

Antique Monarch 220v Electric Oven 1954<br style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Bitstream Vera Serif', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;" /><br style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Bitstream Vera Serif', 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium; font-weight: 400;"...

I have my grandmother's Magnalite 5-quart Dutch oven which is over 70 years old. It has been a part of so many great meals over the years. It was one of the first things I took when we were allowed to choose items from her home before the estate sale.   Our Dutch oven has the same script...

Our family has used Hytron for years. It is readily available to us at Fleet Farm. I love the chlorine scent that fills the house when a load is washing. It reminds me of Electrasol from years gone by.    According to the ingredients list on the technical data sheet, it still contains STPP...