1945 Monarch gas/wood range on mpls. CL

[kenmore71]

Here's something you don't see everyday!
I knew that these existed and I have some literature on Frigidaire electric/wood ranges from the 40s but this is the first pic of a gas/wood model I've ever seen.

http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/app/2809783117.html

 

[henry200]

Well into the 60s those wood/gas (usually propane) Monarchs were almost omnipresent in rural kitchens all over Minnesota and Wisconsin.  I remember seeing lots of them when I was growing up.

 

[wayupnorth]

In this area, most of the wood burners were converted to stinky kerosene because it was alot easier than wood. That style of stove was pretty much a staple in every kitchen because most of the homes were big old drafty colonials and the kitchens were in an ell at the back and needed the additional heat and they basically took up an entire wall. Most were gas but a very few were electric. I never had a clue that Frigidare ever made one with a wood burner. Dont remember seeing Monarchs much. Lots of Kenmores, Hardwicks, Glenwoods and especially Florences with the side heater.

 

[kenmore71]

My scanner seems to have given up the ghost at the moment. As soon as I remedy the situation I'll post some scans of the 1940 Frigidaire BC-5 (wood & soft coal) and BC-6 (anthracite) ranges.

 

[58limited]

There has been an overpriced Chambers Model A wood/gas combo on ebay for the past year.

Pardon Our Interruption...

 

[polkanut]

My mom's cousin who lived down the block from us had a Monarch gas/wood combo in her basement kitchen.  Stella used it for canning.  Her basement had a door that opened at ground level, and then it was just a couple of steps down into the basement, and thus it kept the upstairs kitchen clean.  The wood side was also used for supplemental heat in the winter, just open the door and the heat would rise up the stairs via natural convection.

 

The elderly couple who lived next us growing up had a Caloric gas/wood combo that was also used as a heat supplement in winter.