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I just saw this on YouTube:

Decades ago, I found a machine like this, although a built in model. It was out on the curb in front of a circa 1956 house on Reno Road in upper NW DC. I got someone to go with me and I put it in the back of my Toyota Celica. That beautiful timer lens was broken. I remembered it from the...

I had a rug fatality and needed a new one. The 6' X 2' runner was priced $59.99, but when I got to the register, it was only 34.99. There were all kinds of Clearance signs in the part of the store I walked through.

I wonder how many employees of the coin op dry cleaning centers died of illnesses brought on by exposure to the chemicals. I read that the final exhaust from the dry cleaning machines, while sent to the outside was sucked back in through the stores' gas dryers and formed an acidic compound that...

I received an sale email from my Harris Teeter and there were some things I wanted so I went up. I got some of the specials and then decided to check out the detergent aisle. The only powder detergent was a box of Gain on the bottom shelf. Farther along, there was a bottle of Persil Everyday...

Over in the lower right, the ad mentions that the new washer is available with a new Automatic Rinse Conditioner. The ad does not use the word dispenser. Has anyone seen one of these dispensers or maybe have one? How long after this machine came out was the little round switch added to the top...

I fell down a rabbit hole on eBay and found this. Has anyone seen such an agitator? I wonder if the perforations in the agitator skirt hint at some sort of HE arrangement where they were trying to get water to go through the load easier. The low fins at the base look like it was not meant for...

First off, there is a suspicious lack of evidence of splashing on the machine. I wonder if it was wiped down before the last picture was taken, but the clothing line designed by Phyllis Berens was very high end so it definitely had some draw with ladies from high income homes. I found this...

I watched a YouTube video of last words of famous persons and Jimmy Stewart's were that he was going to be with Gloria.

Slogan: "The hotter the water the cleaner the wash." Consumer Reports found the 120 volt heater did not make the water hotter although it did slow the cooling. I think the original 1937 movie was reissued in the early 50s and this machine dates from 1952 when Bendix was introducing the heater...

$100.00 https://www.ebay.com/itm/156496321847?_skw=vintage+westinghouse&itmmeta=01JPVCQYDRZRKS3B98H406QZ2N&hash=item246fe85d37:g:xGEAAOSw7VRnKks7&itmprp=enc%3AAQAKAAAA8FkggFvd1GGDu0w3yXCmi1eJ7e71kFmdIAx%2FKtH6Rumo1GZk0ZVFOmtG3hpk4PcnE68FurrHWWqjOQf5octAwusPGjSlbg

In Ventura, CA at 223 S. Laurel Street, phone # 805 641 9227 A retired friend sent me an email today with this link saying, "I am not sure why I thought of you," and we all know the answer. In spades. So for everyone who's always bitching about all of the neat appliances being someplace else...

I have wondered why WP let Sears keep the self-cleaning lint filter for so long.

Well, it has taken almost 70 years for tumble action washing to emerge as the most efficient way to do laundry although I am not so sure about the gentleness of the current HE tumble action washers that do seem rough on fabrics because of using so little water that fabrics rub against each other...

Does anyone recall if either of the consumer testing organizations tested the Preway Gas dishsmasher? I know that it used a spark plug to ignite the gas. Heating the wash water to 160F before the washing begins sounds not so good for proteins and starches. Seems like a prewash or a wash that is...

I am sharing this on the off chance that it has not been enjoyed previously. There are mistakes, but also some neat pictures.

These mention a soft food disposer. Were they the first to have that feature after the stainless steel impeller machines of the late 50s? I notice that the 1050 model had a thermal delay to 145F for heavy soil washing, like the Whirlpool, D&M and some other dishwashers while the 950 just...

Does anyone remember special ice trays from the 50s through the 70s that instead of making cubes, made slices that were about 1/3 inch thick? I remember them from my childhood. I found a never used one. The tray is copper anodized aluminum and the release handle is gold time with Westinghouse...

I wonder if the double tubs hold onto the soot and cinders in the train uniforms or if she shakes (or has her husband shake) the particulate soil from the uniforms before loading them into the washer.

It has a gray center with Regular, No Heat and Low on the clear skirt...