For some reason, I find the cover offensive:
1967 GE "Concepts" kitchen/laundry planner
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But then, when you get inside, you're greeted by an embarrassment of Avocado green:
and a bunch of truly retro kitchens that Doris, Donna, Debbie and Rock would feel truly at home in as they peer out through the picture windows at the craggy Pacific coast near Monterrey. 1967 looked like a unique year for GE appliances; there are things in here I've never seen.
I do believe this was the first year for Harvest Gold.
Ah yes, I'd build a 5000 dollar masonry arch for my stove and then stick a 200 dollar hood into it for crappy ventilation.
And who here remembers intercoms? We actually needed our system as it was most useful for screening people and letting them in the sets of front doors that protected us from the wilds of the lower East side. We were all in great shape during those years because our house was a 3-floor walk-up.
I want to find a set of these ovens.
I would still like to find matching 27" and a 24" ovens and put them side by side.
It's as if the designers in Louisville knew somehow that IKEA was coming soon.
and the classic washer/dryer combo (in what, to me, look like a cute little kitchen):
Interesting thing about this washer and dryer, I haven't ever seen one of them for real; I have seen the washer in another ad from that year. I'm wondering if these were prototypes that didn't make it to the selling floor. They are, in fact, the first models where the panel light is canopied and placed above the control panel to illuminate it (somebody finally got the message). I think this is also the year where the spiral ramp activator was shelved and they introduced the lousy straight-6 and the bigger mini-basket. But the previous year's TOL's had 7 cycle selections. Why would they step back? Cool looking machines and I would love to actually find a set.
All electric living. I think I will hire a private dick and hunt down Mrs. Eleanor Mellichamp. I have some questions for her.
Wonderful, wonderful!
Talk about a blast from the past...
I had that exact brochure back when I was 12 years old! I thought those were such cool kitchens, and the mother of one of my school buddies had the complete 1967 matching GE kitchen....dishwasher, electric cooktop, wall oven and bottom-freezer refrigerator.
I had that exact brochure back when I was 12 years old! I thought those were such cool kitchens, and the mother of one of my school buddies had the complete 1967 matching GE kitchen....dishwasher, electric cooktop, wall oven and bottom-freezer refrigerator.
GE!
I also had the same exact brochure from many moons ago.
Thanks for posting,
Peter
I also had the same exact brochure from many moons ago.
Thanks for posting,
Peter
Reply 7
Ken that cook top and the double oven with the rotissererie and the automatic temp is just like we had in an all electric home we owned. The ovens were avacoda but the cook top and the vent hood with the buttons were stainless steel. One of the best we have had to cook with up until we redid our kitchen 2 years ago.
Ken that cook top and the double oven with the rotissererie and the automatic temp is just like we had in an all electric home we owned. The ovens were avacoda but the cook top and the vent hood with the buttons were stainless steel. One of the best we have had to cook with up until we redid our kitchen 2 years ago.
<span style="font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: medium;">I have to say that the Avocado Side by Side is my favorite!</span>
<span style="font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: medium;">I just love it! </span>
<span style="font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: medium;">Such style!</span>
<span style="font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: medium;">Brent</span>
<span style="font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: medium;">I just love it! </span>
<span style="font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: medium;">Such style!</span>
<span style="font-family: georgia,palatino; font-size: medium;">Brent</span>
That's an interesting brochure; thanks for sharing it with us.
I'm not totally certain that the appliances shown in reply # 3 are Harvest Gold. It's hard to tell on my monitor if this color is shaded or not. I noted in reply # 8 that the JM89 range was to be available as of Spring 1967. This would indicate to me that the brochure was probably prepared in late 1966. Therefore, I'm inclined to think they are probably Canary Yellow or whatever GE was calling that shade at the time. Some friends got a new GE oven and cooktop in the Summer of '67 that are Yellow, not Harvest Gold. I tend to think Harvest was introduced in the Fall of '67. Too bad it doesn't include a listing of the available colors, as I think there may have been a couple others not shown.
Had an aunt and uncle with the top-freezer fridge in Shaded Coppertone, and knew of several people with the bottom-freezer models in either Turquoise or White.
The washer and dryer in reply # 10 are very attractive. They look a lot like the set my neighbor Thelma had, though hers were White, and I believe were '68 models.
I'm not totally certain that the appliances shown in reply # 3 are Harvest Gold. It's hard to tell on my monitor if this color is shaded or not. I noted in reply # 8 that the JM89 range was to be available as of Spring 1967. This would indicate to me that the brochure was probably prepared in late 1966. Therefore, I'm inclined to think they are probably Canary Yellow or whatever GE was calling that shade at the time. Some friends got a new GE oven and cooktop in the Summer of '67 that are Yellow, not Harvest Gold. I tend to think Harvest was introduced in the Fall of '67. Too bad it doesn't include a listing of the available colors, as I think there may have been a couple others not shown.
Had an aunt and uncle with the top-freezer fridge in Shaded Coppertone, and knew of several people with the bottom-freezer models in either Turquoise or White.
The washer and dryer in reply # 10 are very attractive. They look a lot like the set my neighbor Thelma had, though hers were White, and I believe were '68 models.
