A Time Capsule hardly used 1950 Westinghouse Kitchen for sale on Vermoint Craigslist

[retropia]

Perhaps it is the kitchen of a summer home? That would explain the modest use.

 

[hydralique]

It's worth remembering that you can't see much from the small photos. There may have been plenty of little dents, scratches, and repairs over the years that can be seen in person but not in the pic. Certainly it has been well taken care of, but there's a big difference between that and museum quality. I would guess that for many years the house was inhabited by one elderly person who did little cooking at home and took real pride in the upkeep of the house.

 

[alr2903]

I will be glad when metal cabinets come back around. I have a wards catalogue that had them in poppy red in the 1970's. arthur

 

[tomturbomatic]

Made of steel for lasting appeal!!!

I thought that was Buns of Steel, or was that just a workout video?

My brother and his partner bought a house in my parents' neighborhood that had been inhabited by an older childless couple for close to 20 years. Every afternoon, she would get in her great big car and drive to meet him for dinner on his way home from work then they would return in the two cars. The shelves in the refrigerator were still taped in the three highest positions. Only the left front 6 inch element on the cooktop had been used for the tea kettle and no washer or dryer had ever been installed; all laundry and cleaning were sent out. So such homes and kitchens exist. My mother's copertone cooktop and oven looked as new on the day we moved her out of the house as they did when we moved in back in 1967. Even the rings around the surface units which were not removable were still shiny and clean with nothing burned on, even on the vertical edge where the element supports attach. Someone asked her in the 1990s where she managed to buy new appliances in coppertone, they looked so good.

This appliance offering reminds me of a building program at a religious institution. As you buy something, you want to ask if you are paying for part of the foundation, a wall, a deck or what and if a plaque with your name is to be placed on the wall of donors.