Hi everyone, been awhile and its good to be back....I hit the mother lode tonight when I purchased a 1930's Conover dishwasher. This baby is immaculate and the porcelain is nearly perfect, interior is sparkling, AND it has all the original manuals including the sales receipt and a service call charge ticket from 1941 bought it from the granddaughter of the original owner...pictures are forthcoming...can ya tell I am excited!!
1930's Conover dishwasher
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can ya tell I am excited!!
You have every right to be!!!
You have every right to be!!!
dishwashercrazy
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Roy:
Can't wait to see pictures. Great Find!
Mike
Can't wait to see pictures. Great Find!
Mike
Congratulations on a rare find. Westinghouse bought Conover to be able to have a dishwasher. The Wesinghouse Pavilion at the 1939 World's Fair showed the drop door Conover-design dishwasher. The strange thing is that Westinghouse went to the roll out wash well design and kept it until their front loading machine which was check rated by Consumer Reports in 1965.
mrcleanjeans
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Groovy baby!
redcarpetdrew
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Wowsers!!!
Please show the insides! I'd love to see the racks in that. How did you manage to find the mother of dishwashers? I gotta have the story!
RCD
Please show the insides! I'd love to see the racks in that. How did you manage to find the mother of dishwashers? I gotta have the story!
RCD
It's Alive
unbelievable plugged the old monster in and it roared (literally) back to life....now for the bad news recently lost my job and I cannot afford to keep the monster around I paid $300 which it what I'l sell it for....I am in Kansas City
unbelievable plugged the old monster in and it roared (literally) back to life....now for the bad news recently lost my job and I cannot afford to keep the monster around I paid $300 which it what I'l sell it for....I am in Kansas City
dishwashercrazy
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Yes, can't wait to see more pictures and hear the story about this great find.
Here are the front and back sides of a Conover Dishwasher brochure that I bought on ebay a while back. (I believe I posted these before.)
Mike
Here are the front and back sides of a Conover Dishwasher brochure that I bought on ebay a while back. (I believe I posted these before.)
Mike
dishwashercrazy
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Back side of brochure.
Pretty please
That's a great brochure Mike, would you be able to scan that at a higher resolution (at least 150dpi so we can read the text) and send it to me? I would love to use that as the POD sometime.
That's a great brochure Mike, would you be able to scan that at a higher resolution (at least 150dpi so we can read the text) and send it to me? I would love to use that as the POD sometime.
runematic
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Great dw. Try to keep it. You may never find another.
dishwashercrazy
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Robert: This is a brochure that folds up, and you might be able to see that it is damaged. I scanned sections of what I called "front page" and edited them together in Windows Paint to make it readable without rotating my head.
The "back page" appears correct.
I'll see what I can do to get it in a higher resolution.
Mike
The "back page" appears correct.
I'll see what I can do to get it in a higher resolution.
Mike
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You scored big time !!!!!!!!!!
Congratulations !!!!!!!!! I know the feeling
Congratulations !!!!!!!!! I know the feeling
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1930s Dishwasher
Hello All!
The Baldwin-Reynolds House Museum in Meadville, PA is looking to recreate a 1930s kitchen in a room that once held one. We have the stove, refridgerator, hoosier cabinet, etc, but are really looking for a 1930s dishwasher like the ones discussed here...any chance anyone has any advice on where to find one? Websites, salvage, restoration, classifieds, etc? It would make a great addition!
Thanks!
Joshua Sherretts
Director, Baldwin-Reynolds House Museum
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Hello All!
The Baldwin-Reynolds House Museum in Meadville, PA is looking to recreate a 1930s kitchen in a room that once held one. We have the stove, refridgerator, hoosier cabinet, etc, but are really looking for a 1930s dishwasher like the ones discussed here...any chance anyone has any advice on where to find one? Websites, salvage, restoration, classifieds, etc? It would make a great addition!
Thanks!
Joshua Sherretts
Director, Baldwin-Reynolds House Museum
The Baldwin-Reynolds House Museum | Meadville PA
The Baldwin-Reynolds House Museum, Meadville, Pennsylvania. 3,794 likes · 148 talking about this · 1,402 were here. The 1840s home of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Henry Baldwin.
