1960 Sears Roebuck & Co.

[gansky1]

I won a 1960 Spring and Summer catalog on the 'Bay, actually two of them so I decided to sacrifice one for the greater good of the AW.org archives. Here are the laundry and dishwasher sections for our enjoyment!

 

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How'd this get in here?

 

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Dishwashers

 

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[70series]

Thanks for sharing that awesome catalogue with us. All of those machines are beautiful.

Have a good one,
James

 

[peteski50]

Kenmore!

Thanks Greg for scanning. Real awsome appliances. I want to take each one out for a spin.
Best Wishes
Peter

 

[Brent-Aucoin]

Awesome!

Greg thanks so much for sharing!
Amazing how many models that I don't remember ever seeing.
I remember the W/D Combo. The dishwashers are so great looking! Would love to have one.
Although the prices seem cheap now, not so for 1960 on most of the models.
Brent

 

[appnut]

Yee Haw!!

I loved it I loved it!!! Thank you

 

[frigilux]

Fantastic!! Thanks for sharing your catalog. Now I know that my parents paid $279.95 for the Model 80 washer that serviced our household til 1984.

 

[petek]

Just love old catalogues. I also have some but my fin scanner doesn't work anymore. I still have to get pics of the original Homart fan in moms bathroom and the Pryne in her kitchen. Both still exhausting 50+ years

 

[chestermikeuk]

Lady Kenmore

Wonderful scans there, love those compact 8lb toploaders, that panel looks well funky, does anyone have these??

I see the semi-automatic model washes drains & spins etc,after you`ve filled it manually, thats interesting, all our semi machines you had to advance manually to the next programme task....

was the VisiMatic a marketing dream word, what advantages does it offer over an ordinary solid wringer??

 

[Dick_S.]

And many thanks Greg.....

....for taking the time to scan and share these exceptional pages from the past with us. They're fabulous. They also answered a question for me.

I've always wondered where my 60 Alphabet Kenmore fit into the 1960 model lineup. I see now that it was the model right below the Lady. I sure wished I had been with Mom when she went to Sears and bought it. A Lady Kenmore would have been delivered instead of the one she purchased. However, I love my 60 nonetheless and remember vividly when it was delivered and installed in our home back 47 years ago. It still is used weekly.

Thanks again Greg.

Dick S.

 

[westie2]

Spray rinse wringer

I wonder how well that worked. Bet it did save some time but was probabally a water hog. The Lady K's I remember well cousins in New Orleans (Ferret Street area) had these they would almost sit up and talk to you. My mother was awed as we still had Maytag wringer it wasn't unitl 1964 that she got Maytag automatics.

 

[northwesty]

Interesting to see that they are still offering the "target" or "one eyed frog" still in 1960, that's later than I had thought.

 

[tlee618]

What fun Greg, thanks so much for sharing those with us. It was like a trip down memory lane. Sears Kenmore always had such great looking machines.

 

[nurdlinger]

Here's what you'll save the very first year

78 boxes of detergent

How could this possibly be true? That is more than one a week. How much detergent in a "box"?

 

[cny4]

I've always hoped a member would do this type of presentation. Does anyone have other years of Sears catalogs they can do this with?