A Dutch newspaper ad with a 1957 Frigidaire Unimatic in it

[foraloysius]

Robert’s thread about the introduction of automatic washers in the newspapers made me have a look again at the Dutch archives. I have posted a few threads with Dutch ads in the past. The first ads are from 1953. I looked a bit furder and much to my amazement I found a 1958 advertisement with a 1957 Frigidaire Unimatic in it. Apparently this model was sold in the Netherlands.

 

[Unimatic1140]

Wow I had no idea that the Unimatic was sold there, although they did make a 50hz/220 volt motor for the mechanism so it isn't surprising.

Okay Louis you know what that means, it's time for you to go out and find one .

 

[foraloysius]

I have no idea how many Unimatics were sold here. This is the first time I have seen an ad with this machine. Actually the same ad turned up a few times more, also in 1959.

Westinghouse frontloaders are the most advertised American washers. But GE and Bendix were sold here too in the fifties. I never saw those on auction sites so finding a Unimatic here would be a real miracle.