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golittlesport
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my guess is a dishwasher from the 1930's...I read somewhere that they were actually available that far back, but rare...not found in very many homes.
That is one of the very first automatic dishwasheers to carr
That picture is from a book that was put out in 1987 called A walk in the Park the History of Appliance Park. There is a chapter on the history of dishwshers up until 1950 (from there on the book takes a year by year look at GE and Appliance Park) and according to the info in the book this is a 1932 model which was the first one with the GE name.
That picture is from a book that was put out in 1987 called A walk in the Park the History of Appliance Park. There is a chapter on the history of dishwshers up until 1950 (from there on the book takes a year by year look at GE and Appliance Park) and according to the info in the book this is a 1932 model which was the first one with the GE name.
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Very good pat, but I didn't get it out of that 1987 book you describe. It came out of a 1970's magazine reprint. It is the very first GE dishwasher, from 1932. Apparently that black door is actually a shelf that flips up to help in loading and unloading. While this is not anywhere near the first home dishwasher, its GE's first. I post pictures of some very cool even earlier dishwashers later.
Now wouldn't that be a cool find!! I bet it has a green and white speckled porcelain interior with stainless steel racks and a tiny, undersized impeller. I saw an 1930's GE dishwasher once last year as part of a sink combo it was over 55" wide, otherwise I would have taken it home.
Very good pat, but I didn't get it out of that 1987 book you describe. It came out of a 1970's magazine reprint. It is the very first GE dishwasher, from 1932. Apparently that black door is actually a shelf that flips up to help in loading and unloading. While this is not anywhere near the first home dishwasher, its GE's first. I post pictures of some very cool even earlier dishwashers later.
Now wouldn't that be a cool find!! I bet it has a green and white speckled porcelain interior with stainless steel racks and a tiny, undersized impeller. I saw an 1930's GE dishwasher once last year as part of a sink combo it was over 55" wide, otherwise I would have taken it home.
The earliest dw I recollect seeing was at the Henry Ford in Detroit, much like the early washers it was half wooden barrel(cut lengthwise) like a trough in which a rack for holding dishes was installed, the rack then swung back and forth like a cradle in the tub of water, something like that anyways. Been a while since I saw it.
OK Now That We've Seen the 1st GE Dishwasher
Lets move back in time, shall we. This picture is the 1927 Walker dishwasher...
Lets move back in time, shall we. This picture is the 1927 Walker dishwasher...
1294 Walker
And here is the 1924 Walker Dishwasher. The Walker Company was a very big player in the dishwasher market early in the 20th century. I can only imagine what these machines looked like on the inside and how they operated. I wonder if they were automatic or did you fill the machine and flip a switch and waited 10 minutes and the manually stopped the machine? There was no low sudsing soap back then for dishwashing so I wonder how they prevent oversudsing? I assume these are impeller machines, but I don't know that for sure.
Has anyone ever seen a Walker dishwasher like this????
And here is the 1924 Walker Dishwasher. The Walker Company was a very big player in the dishwasher market early in the 20th century. I can only imagine what these machines looked like on the inside and how they operated. I wonder if they were automatic or did you fill the machine and flip a switch and waited 10 minutes and the manually stopped the machine? There was no low sudsing soap back then for dishwashing so I wonder how they prevent oversudsing? I assume these are impeller machines, but I don't know that for sure.
Has anyone ever seen a Walker dishwasher like this????
GE bought the Walkler company in 1930
and moved dishwasher production to the Hotpoint factory
and moved dishwasher production to the Hotpoint factory
1928 Walker
Here is a 1928 Walker Dishwasher Ad. Looks like it has an On/Off Switch plus two buttons.
Here is a 1928 Walker Dishwasher Ad. Looks like it has an On/Off Switch plus two buttons.
Now moving even further back in time...
Here is what is referred to as a 1911 model Crescent Washing Machine Company Dishwasher. Anyone want to guess what its racks are made out of??? I love the exposed drive belt, could you imagine something like this today???
Here is what is referred to as a 1911 model Crescent Washing Machine Company Dishwasher. Anyone want to guess what its racks are made out of??? I love the exposed drive belt, could you imagine something like this today???
Would the racks be wooden?
Wooden racks?
Brent-Aucoin
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Robert,
This is awesome stuff.
Where did you find these great ads?
How did the last one work, with the exposed belt.
Very wild.
Brent
This is awesome stuff.
Where did you find these great ads?
How did the last one work, with the exposed belt.
Very wild.
Brent
What I'm wondering is if dishwasher technology was in development so many years ago, why did it take so long for them to become common? Other than my dad's uncle who ran a Chevy dealership and likely had a Frigidaire demo with glass door, no one in my family (grandparents, uncles/aunts/cousins, etc) had a dishwasher until the mid 1970s. Nowadays it's getting rare to find a home or apartment that doesn't have one.
Doesn't it usually take 20 to 30 years for technolgy and social ieas/ideals to become accepted and common-place?
Also relative costs of a product when new when new. Look at cell phones. As more and more people got one the cost to have one went down. (The fixed costs of the newtork are spread over more and more people.) ALso R&D costs diminishover time as a product matures.
as an example:
Central air is finally becoming more sough-after here as are elctric stoves. Everyone locally says gas is better, until they have had an electric smooth-top. The myth takes time to change.
I am sure in the beginning the idea of letting dirty dishes "pile-up" was considered quite gross if not undesireable, especially in apartment buildngs with insect issues. Now, would anyone not want the DW's ability to de-grease thoroughly?
Darn there I go rambling again..
Also relative costs of a product when new when new. Look at cell phones. As more and more people got one the cost to have one went down. (The fixed costs of the newtork are spread over more and more people.) ALso R&D costs diminishover time as a product matures.
as an example:
Central air is finally becoming more sough-after here as are elctric stoves. Everyone locally says gas is better, until they have had an electric smooth-top. The myth takes time to change.
I am sure in the beginning the idea of letting dirty dishes "pile-up" was considered quite gross if not undesireable, especially in apartment buildngs with insect issues. Now, would anyone not want the DW's ability to de-grease thoroughly?
Darn there I go rambling again..
kenmore1978
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"What I'm wondering is if dishwasher technology was in development so many years ago, why did it take so long for them to become common? Other than my dad's uncle who ran a Chevy dealership and likely had a Frigidaire demo with glass door, no one in my family (grandparents, uncles/aunts/cousins, etc) had a dishwasher until the mid 1970s. Nowadays it's getting rare to find a home or apartment that doesn't have one."
For one thing, the cleaning ablity of dishwashers gneerally sucked until the mid-Sixties and I also think some people thought that people who had dishwashers were "lazy" or "uppity"
"What I'm wondering is if dishwasher technology was in development so many years ago, why did it take so long for them to become common? Other than my dad's uncle who ran a Chevy dealership and likely had a Frigidaire demo with glass door, no one in my family (grandparents, uncles/aunts/cousins, etc) had a dishwasher until the mid 1970s. Nowadays it's getting rare to find a home or apartment that doesn't have one."
For one thing, the cleaning ablity of dishwashers gneerally sucked until the mid-Sixties and I also think some people thought that people who had dishwashers were "lazy" or "uppity"
Miele sold it's first dishwashers in 1929. Here's a brochure. I think I got these pictures from the German club. The first picture shows the front- and backcover. Miele sold lots of products back then, from household appliances, bikes and motorbikes to farm machines.
Here's the explanation how to use it. You fill it by hand with hot water and ad a product that they call IMI. I have never heard of it and I assume it is something especially made for dishwashers or a cleaning product not longer on the market (very well possible, we're talking 1929 here). You turn the machine on for 3 or 4 minutes and you drain the dirty water. Then you fill it again, this time with boiling water (!!!) and let it run for 1 or 1.5 minute. Drain again and open the machine, most stuff will be dry.
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