1951 Westinghouse delux electric dryer - $125 (Erie pa)

[ovrphil]

This ad is 2 months old.

http://https//erie.craigslist.org/atq/d/1951-westinghouse-delux/6431068314.html

 

[appnut]

The button to the right of the knob on the left hand side is for auto dry. 

 

[ovrphil]

Who isn't charmed by the label, "Clothes Dryer"? Did it ever get mistook for another appliance, like a pizza oven or dishwasher? I like this design more than some currently up for sale on CL.

 

[appnut]

When the matching washer was side by side, it could get "confusing" for the "uninitiated". 

 

[norgeway]

Thats more like

A 55.

 

[moparwash]

Would this still have the 'How Dry I Am?' Music Box?

 

[appliguy]

Would this still have the 'How Dry I Am?' Music Box?

No it does not Jerry. From what I have been told that was a one year feature only found on the 1953 models, and like Hans stated this is a 1955 model...PATRICK COFFEY

 

[appnut]

I was 99% sure it was 1955.  One of my mom's best friends had this dryer and was paired with a WI55 Unimatic.  Her next door neighbor had the exact same arrangement of Westy dryer and Unimatic washer. That washer & dryer served a family of 5 faithfully.  It went form Houston, to Dallas, and on to a suburb of San Francisco.  The set was eventually replaced with a matching poppy red 1-18 pair. 

 

[lotsosudz]

Wow what a combo!

A Unimatic, paired with a Westinghouse Dryer, meant the clothes were probably dry in 10 minutes. The speed of the Unimatic spinning, followed by the heat from those dryers, would have been a winning combo, for banging laundry out in rapid fire!
Those dryers heated to about 350 on normal!
Hugs,
David