1958 Chambers Dishwasher

[chachp]

I just downloaded a brochure from 1958 showing all the chambers appliances being offered at that time. Most of them I was familiar with except for the Dishwasher. I have never seen one and didn't know they had one. The picture of the inside looks an awful lot like that American Kitchens model with the upper Roto Rack. It is an impeller machine but has the Roto upper rack.

Has anyone ever seen one of these and/or know what made them?

 

[gansky1]

Wasn't that brochure cool? I loved the refrigeration line - looked like it was sourced from Sub Zero by the feature list and looks of them. The copper fronts on all the appliances were very pretty too - so much warmer than stainless steel.

Your guess is right, the Chambers dishwasher was sourced from D&M, the same as the American Kitchens machine.

 

[stevet]

WELL????

Do we have to beg you to share the brochure with us, Ralph???

And BTW, has the 21 been moved to its rightful place of honor yet?

 

[Unimatic1140]

That brochure is wonderful. I had no idea that Sub-Zero was around in 1958! The dishwasher was totally made by D&M at that time.

For those who want to see it in greater detail you can download it in Automatic Ephemera...

 

[chachp]

I love the kitchens as well...

Wouldn't I love to find a house with a kitchen from that era. I had actaully seen one a few years ago in Little Rock but they had ripped out the appliances to put in new ones and made a mess of these custom Teak cabinets that were original to the house. I just don't know what some people are thinking. I'm sure they thought it would help sell the house. The house was pretty amamzing and I think they should have left well enough alone.

Steve, I haven't moved the 21 yet. I got the stainless panels and have those on I am ready to move it but am actaully thinking about installing it as a second dishwasher in the kitchen vs. swapping them and leaving one in the utility room. I'd love to have both the 17 and 21 in the kitchen and I am leaning in that direction. I have the space just not sure what to do about the cabinets.

 

[tomturbomatic]

Kids I went to school with had an American Kitchens Kitchen with the Chambers cooktop with broiler/griddle and the American Kitchens DW with the big lever handle. The oven was the one without a broiler. All of it was that antique copper finish. All the drawer fronts as well as the DW front pouched out like a baby bump.

 

[firedome]

It is a nifty brochure...

and thought Robert would like it for the archive. It came with the NOS Chambers Copper oven that we got a few years ago... this is what a truly upscale kitchen looked like in the mid and late 50s, separates were en vogue and even built-in fridges were available as noted above. Forget the previous name of Sub-Zero but maybe that was who made them. Just came across another similar brochure in my piles that pertains in more detail to "Chambers Built-In Electric Ranges" only, and which also came with our oven. The Electric In-A-Wall-Oven was built exactly like the more famous Gas units: same insulation, precision ground cast iron door seals, heavy as hell, but obviously used electric elements in place of pilot and gas burners. We prefer electric for baking, but we have the 27" Chambers Copper gas unit for the cooktop at our cottage because the latter works when the rather undependable Green Mountain Power goes out. There is also a brochure for the full line of '80s Chambers on the AE as well, that one came with another Chambers we used to have. Everything for the '58 was inside the oven in the broiler pan, which was still wrapped in brown paper and excelsior (it's kinda like straw for you young'uns...haven't seen that stuff in ages!.