Ancient Iron
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, permitted I would love to have a large collection of small appliances. All the different styles and designs intrigue me.
launderess
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Ancient? Ancient!
Such irons are referred to in the trade as "vintage", my dear. Ancient would be heated stones at worst and coal heated sad irons at best! *LOL*
Have had several vintage steam irons (Mary Proctor, General Electric), featured above, but they really aren't my thing as one prefers to iron damp laundry dry. For this I use vintage 1940's - 1905's dry irons like Proctor's "Never Lift" or "Champion" irons. Had a Westinghouse iron (the dry version of the above), but it burnt out after years of use.
Personally wouldn't use any of the old steam irons (anything before 1960 or so) as steam, as they do not produce the same steam as today's modern irons, IMHO. Also many will only steam within a certian range, that is if one wishes to steam iron silk, and the silk setting is not in the steam range, then it is no go.
My favourite vintage steam iron would be any of the Sunbeam's with self cleaning functions, and "burst of steam". IIRC, General Electric also made models with the same features.
Neat collection though! Now you need a copy of Mary Proctor's ironing book to make things complete.
L.
Such irons are referred to in the trade as "vintage", my dear. Ancient would be heated stones at worst and coal heated sad irons at best! *LOL*
Have had several vintage steam irons (Mary Proctor, General Electric), featured above, but they really aren't my thing as one prefers to iron damp laundry dry. For this I use vintage 1940's - 1905's dry irons like Proctor's "Never Lift" or "Champion" irons. Had a Westinghouse iron (the dry version of the above), but it burnt out after years of use.
Personally wouldn't use any of the old steam irons (anything before 1960 or so) as steam, as they do not produce the same steam as today's modern irons, IMHO. Also many will only steam within a certian range, that is if one wishes to steam iron silk, and the silk setting is not in the steam range, then it is no go.
My favourite vintage steam iron would be any of the Sunbeam's with self cleaning functions, and "burst of steam". IIRC, General Electric also made models with the same features.
Neat collection though! Now you need a copy of Mary Proctor's ironing book to make things complete.
L.
danemodsandy
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Launderess:
If we guess correctly here, this iron was made somewhere in the 1970 time frame. At that point, Yours Truly was just graduating high school.
Believe me, that's ancient!
If we guess correctly here, this iron was made somewhere in the 1970 time frame. At that point, Yours Truly was just graduating high school.
Believe me, that's ancient!
The plastic bottled Proctor Silex,, that's one of those take-apart ones isn't it...Lifelong models
H1F115 - Must be 1950s
My parents received nearly that exact iron when they were married in 1958. Dad worked for GE/Hotpoint and it probably was a gift. I swear ours had a water-window. It worked until my cousin dropped in on the floor while visiting in 1966. Besides that, I'm quite certain those cloth cords were gone well before the 1970s hit.
... Other 1960s tragedies including Mom immersing the non-immersible Sunbeam Coffeemaster vacuum coffeemaker. Fortunately, Sunbeam was next door to Hotpoint in Chicago and so it was fixed and put back into service.
My parents received nearly that exact iron when they were married in 1958. Dad worked for GE/Hotpoint and it probably was a gift. I swear ours had a water-window. It worked until my cousin dropped in on the floor while visiting in 1966. Besides that, I'm quite certain those cloth cords were gone well before the 1970s hit.
... Other 1960s tragedies including Mom immersing the non-immersible Sunbeam Coffeemaster vacuum coffeemaker. Fortunately, Sunbeam was next door to Hotpoint in Chicago and so it was fixed and put back into service.
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