1964 Full-Line Maytag Brochure -

[tlee618]

Ben, that was so fun! Thanks for sharing it. Loved the pictures!!

 

[mickeyd]

Gee, Ben, that's tremendous. Thank You

Never knew that Maytag offered a soak to wash. What a surprise! Wondering how they introduced the second dose of soap. Was there a water flushed dispenser like the LK's, and did this feature last? Really stunned to learn this. Wow, how neat. Hope to hear and see more about this.

Rick: Spotted the Kool-aid immediately, too. And yeah that, too was before Electric Acid Kool-aid.

Geoff, isn't it odd that they never mention or show the famous monster pump on the Wringers?

Again, Ben, thanks, what a great bedtime read!

And now to dream of washing machines hmmmmmmm and a Tag with auto soak&soap zzzzzzzzzzzz and BEER says Homer Simpson.

 

[launderess]

Pop and such was not only expensive, in some cases entirely alien to our parents, depending upon when or how they were brougth up. My parents insisted pop was not good for you, neither was too much of any other sweetened drinks. Soda was rarely in our home,unless like the above poster there was some sort of event such as a BBQ or party, and even then Mama sat on our chests (how many of those have you had today?)

Iced tea and lemonade were more common during the summer. However at meals we children had the usual trinity of milk, water and perhaps orange juice ( the last mainly with breakfast and lunch).

Kool-Aid in the tiny unsweetened packets wasn't that bad, however the pre-sweetened stuff could put one into insulin shock! Anyone remember the film "House Party" where the kid is making Kool-Aid, pouring half a five pound bag of sugar into the pitcher? *LOL*

 

[launderess]

Ahh Maytag America

Before Vietnam, Watergate, the Sexual Revolution, Civil Rights and other mayhem of the 1960's and 1970's.

Life was good in those post war years! A man was king of his castle, and wifey got lots of new appliances to play with as compensation for being kicked out of the workforce when the boys came home. *LOL*

Now if one only had a time machine to go back and nab a few of those wonderful machines, MIB!

If you walked around Newton,Iowa then telling Maytag people one day the company would be owned by Whirlpool, you'd probably have been run out of town on a rail, if not tarred and feathered first.

 

[phillygrl]

Thanks!

Thanks for the memories. Love the pitcher of Kool-Aid. That was such a treat back then, especially at the big back yard barbeques my family had. Gee, I even got to make the California dip with Lipton's soup. Chips and dip, such a great occasional pleasure back then. We never bought dip at the supermarket. Thanks for the fun.

 

[laundromat]

"Those were the days"now far,far away and long,long ago.So sad.

 

[bajaespuma]

Thank you so much!

There's a special place reserved in Heaven for people who save and post catalogues.

 

[bajaespuma]

Thank you so much!

There's a special place reserved in Heaven for those who post catalogues!

 

[danemodsandy]

Little Red Riding Toy:

"Also - what in the heck is the youngest daughter riding?"

Ah, you weren't around back then, were you?

What the little lady is riding is a Huckleberry Hound riding toy, based on the Hanna-Barbera cartoon character. The red colour threw me for a minute- in his cartoons, Huck was blue, but we didn't know that until we got colour TV's, which is probably why a toy manufacturer could get away with making him red. The little snap-brim hat and the bow tie around his neck are the giveaways. I'm including a Wikipedia link to Huck's page.

"The biggest show in town is Huckleberry Hound
For all you guys and gals.
The biggest clown in town is Huckleberry Hound
With all his cartoon pals.

It's Huckleberry fun, it's for everyone,
So come on, gather 'round.
Get yourself all set,
Turn on your TV set
For Huckleberry Hound.

That oh, so merry, Chuckleberry,
Huckleberry Hound!"

Huckleberry Hound - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[hoover1060]

beautiful!

My mom's first Automatic was an A702, of which I still have the control panel to this day!

 

[gyrafoam]

Thanks Ben, that is a wonderful read!

 

[danemodsandy]

P.S.:

The young lady probably has her hand over Huck's nose so that enough of his face is obscured to eliminate the chance that Hanna-Barbera might claim unauthorised use of their character. It's definitely Huck, possibly a Western Auto toy, because WA had some merchandising efforts tied into Hanna-Barbera stuff. One year, their whole catalogue featured the Jetsons.

All Hanna-Barbera character names copyright, Marca Registrada, and TM. Your mileage may vary. Offer void where prohibited. Batteries not included. This is Gary Olsen speaking.

 

[cehalstead]

pre-soak and main wash dispensing

Maytags never required second doses of detergent. The water for the soak and wash were the same. The machine went from soak to wash without changing the water. My '97 Dependable Care and my '87 real 'tag do the same....

 

[mickeyd]

Sorry , Charlie, you're wrong.

Post 259898 "Everyone loves this shot"

"....EVEN ADDS NEW DETERGENT"

 

[brettsomers]

Does this model ask us to put liquid detergent in the famous Maytag rinse conditioner cup?

 

[cehalstead]

oops!!!!

I stand corrected. Indeed I am wrong.......but, IIRC, later models didn't mention this in the instructions (perhaps after the introduction of enzyme detergents in the late '60's)...but I could be wrong about this, too.....

 

[mickeyd]

But wouldn't you love to know how they did it!!??;'D

When I find out about what some of these TOL machines could do, that were beyond the price range of most of us back then, I go crazy with wonder and excitement.

 

[andrewinorlando]

Ben, thanks for the trip down memory lane......

 

[Brent-Aucoin]

Thanks Ben for posting!
What fun!
Gone are the days.....
Brent

 

[toggleswitch]

Thank you, sir Ben