50's AMC 'fridge
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Doubtless purchased at JL Hudson
bradfordwhite
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Why does this thing scream GREMLIN.
It looks like it's still got some shine to it.
It looks like it's still got some shine to it.
searsbest
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AMC fridge
Does he come with it?? Lol (sorry, someone had to say something)
Does he come with it?? Lol (sorry, someone had to say something)
That refrigerator looks just like the FIRESTONE....
....refrigerator my family had back in the 1950's.
We had it (later used as a garage fridge) until about 1992.
Same handle and "strip" running across the front as the one pictured.
The only picture of ours that I can find is the one in this post.
So, this was made by American Motors or some other AMC?
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....refrigerator my family had back in the 1950's.
We had it (later used as a garage fridge) until about 1992.
Same handle and "strip" running across the front as the one pictured.
The only picture of ours that I can find is the one in this post.
So, this was made by American Motors or some other AMC?
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AMC branded products
in this case refers to items sold through Associated Merchandising Corp., which was a buying group. Various manufacturers made things for them, in all catagories of merchandise. The largest customer was Federated Dept. Stores, and Shillito's in Cincinnati had AMC appliances on display along with other brands. Other independent department stores and retailers were AMC's remaining customers.
in this case refers to items sold through Associated Merchandising Corp., which was a buying group. Various manufacturers made things for them, in all catagories of merchandise. The largest customer was Federated Dept. Stores, and Shillito's in Cincinnati had AMC appliances on display along with other brands. Other independent department stores and retailers were AMC's remaining customers.
vacerator
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I thoght they were a Kelvintaor brand. American Motors owned Kelvinator.
Milikin's was the main dept. store in Traverse City. No J.L. Hudson's.
I thoght they were a Kelvintaor brand. American Motors owned Kelvinator.
Milikin's was the main dept. store in Traverse City. No J.L. Hudson's.
The auto manufacturer American Motors was formerly known as Nash-Kelvinator Corp., and became American Motors in 1954 when N-K merged with Hudson Motor Car Co. Kelvinator became part of WCI in 1968. Kelvinator also made Leonard brand, and certain items for Whirlpool, Sears Kenmore and other companies.
This was the era of single-city/single state department stores so they could do this non-competitively---Shillito's/Rikes/Lazarus in Cincinnati/Columbus/Dayton, but JL Hudson in Detroit; Stix Baer and Fuller in St. Louis, etc etc.
Interesting connection
J.L. Hudson who owned the department store was also one of the founders of the Hudson Motor Car Co.
Jamie, when I worked at Shillito's in '79 & '80 they also had stores in Louisville & Lexington, KY.
J.L. Hudson who owned the department store was also one of the founders of the Hudson Motor Car Co.
Jamie, when I worked at Shillito's in '79 & '80 they also had stores in Louisville & Lexington, KY.
I worked at LS Ayres (formerly Pogues) in Cincinnati in '85-86 at Tri-County. LS Ayres was Associated Dry Goods (which was a half-step above Federated or May). Dayton-Hudson was also that half-step above. McAlpins (Mercantile) was a half-step below Federated/May. LS Ayres was big-man-in-Indiana, with both department stores (LS Ayres) and discount (Ayr-Way, which became Target). Pogues (Cincinnati) and Stewarts (Louisville) rolled up into Ayres in the mid-80s, which was absorbed by Famous-Barr (St. Louis) after the May acquisition of ADG.
Jamie, were you ever in the downtown Pogue's/Ayres store?
<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Definitely an interesting place. I got to explore every section of those buildings after the store closed and a content liquidation sale was held in Spring, 1988. </span>
<span style="font-size: 12pt;">The most fascinating thing were the two chutes - one a fire escape, and the other for packages. These were located in several places on each floor of the 1916 building. The fire escapes opened onto the first floor, and package chutes into the basement. People were going to the top floor, and sliding down the fire chutes. I got in one and slid all the way down to the first floor. Needless to say, my jeans were filthy when I got done. </span>
<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Portions of the store had been abandoned for years. I went into an electrical maintenance shop that was still stocked, and the latest date on anything was 1964! I also went into an office on an upper floor that much of the ceiling had collapsed. Typewriters still on desks with paper still in them - dated 1962. In those areas it was like time had stopped years before.</span>
While the parts of the store visible to the customer were elegant, the hidden areas were often a different story. Peeling paint, falling plaster, cracked windows, abandoned elevators, etc. were behind the false walls. The only hidden parts that were in good condition were in the Carew Tower portion.
I bought a lot of neat things for very little money on my several visits that Spring, including two streamline modern chrome chairs designed by Gilbert Rohde for Troy Sunshade Co. I paid $25 for them. I wanted some light fixtures, but would have had to brought a ladder. It was definitely the best and most fun liquidation sale I've been to.
<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Definitely an interesting place. I got to explore every section of those buildings after the store closed and a content liquidation sale was held in Spring, 1988. </span>
<span style="font-size: 12pt;">The most fascinating thing were the two chutes - one a fire escape, and the other for packages. These were located in several places on each floor of the 1916 building. The fire escapes opened onto the first floor, and package chutes into the basement. People were going to the top floor, and sliding down the fire chutes. I got in one and slid all the way down to the first floor. Needless to say, my jeans were filthy when I got done. </span>
<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Portions of the store had been abandoned for years. I went into an electrical maintenance shop that was still stocked, and the latest date on anything was 1964! I also went into an office on an upper floor that much of the ceiling had collapsed. Typewriters still on desks with paper still in them - dated 1962. In those areas it was like time had stopped years before.</span>
While the parts of the store visible to the customer were elegant, the hidden areas were often a different story. Peeling paint, falling plaster, cracked windows, abandoned elevators, etc. were behind the false walls. The only hidden parts that were in good condition were in the Carew Tower portion.
I bought a lot of neat things for very little money on my several visits that Spring, including two streamline modern chrome chairs designed by Gilbert Rohde for Troy Sunshade Co. I paid $25 for them. I wanted some light fixtures, but would have had to brought a ladder. It was definitely the best and most fun liquidation sale I've been to.
I was down there several times but never for work. Pogue's was one of the pioneers of having ground floor cookware/kitchen department, with a cooking school, wine, gourmet food, etc etc. It was a way to make sense of their footprint, which was two separated spaces which connected on the upper levels. They had traditional cosmetics etc on one side, and this "Fifth Street Market" on the other side. The buyers for it stayed in Cincinnati even as buying for all other departments moved with Ayres to Indianapolis...they were able to be the "subject matter experts" for enhancing the kitchen/epicure/wine business for Ayres. I took my mom to a cooking class once there when she was in town for a visit. There was a doyenne of Cincinnati cookery (her name escapes me, but she was the expert on cooking--not quite to the extent of Betty Feezor in Charlotte which has been mentioned before. She was their resident cooking teacher. Working out at Tri-County, it was a "B" class store--A stores were downtown and Kenwood and had slightly higher level merchandise/deeper selections; Northgate and Tri-County were B stores, Florence was a C store (smaller, more limited selection). In Indianapolis, downtown and Glendale were A, rest were B; Louisville, Oxmoor was A, rest were B or C. I think there was an A store in Fort Wayne, with the other store a C; other rural Indiana stores were either B or C. Gawd what comes back after 34 years. My employee number was 33459.
Thanks for your reply!
The cooking expert you mention is Marilyn Harris, who was on the radio every Saturday afternoon until earlier this year when she was dismissed.
Actually the housewares and gourmet foods department was called "Fourth Street Market", as it was located at the corner of 4th & Race. That was in the 1916 building.
The 5th St. side was mainly clothing, and became Pogue's in the early 60's, as it had previously been Mabley & Carew. This building is part of the Carew Tower, and was constructed in 1930.
One of my favorite things about visiting that store was that the 1916 building still had the original elevator doors, with the arrow type floor indicators above. Unfortunately, most of the store was demolished in the late 80's. All that remains is what was in the Carew Tower and service building sections.
The cooking expert you mention is Marilyn Harris, who was on the radio every Saturday afternoon until earlier this year when she was dismissed.
Actually the housewares and gourmet foods department was called "Fourth Street Market", as it was located at the corner of 4th & Race. That was in the 1916 building.
The 5th St. side was mainly clothing, and became Pogue's in the early 60's, as it had previously been Mabley & Carew. This building is part of the Carew Tower, and was constructed in 1930.
One of my favorite things about visiting that store was that the 1916 building still had the original elevator doors, with the arrow type floor indicators above. Unfortunately, most of the store was demolished in the late 80's. All that remains is what was in the Carew Tower and service building sections.
