Ancient unrestored GE hand mixer

[sudsmaster]

Speaking of mixers, here's a rather old GE hand mixer I found in the house. Complete with rusted beaters that fall out, but the motor still works.

The handle portion is plastic, with the main body which houses the motor and gears, is metal. There's a gray rubber ring around the "face" of the mixer - I guess so it doesn't scratch surfaces when in storage.

I'm guessing, from the power cord, that this was made in the late 40's - early 50's.

Obviously I haven't even tried to clean it up...

 

[toggleswitch]

Neat!

Kinda looks iron-esque.

 

[appliguy]

thats ge's first hand mixer from the early 1950's

I have been looking of those myself....if you ever decide you want to get rid of it please let me know PAT COFFEY

 

[petek]

Pat do you collect GE small stuff? Any pics of it all if you do

 

[rp2813]

A little beach "shack" I sometimes rent in Santa Cruz has a pink version of this mixer (maybe a little newer since it's pink) in a kitchen drawer. The metal plate that mimicks GE's styling of irons of the same vintage was loose on the pink one and kept falling off, but I couldn't help lusting after this cute little mixer. It likely never sees any use as I doubt there are a lot of people heading over to the beach with plans of doing any baking. There used to be a nice early 60's electric knife over there too, still in its original box, but I didn't see it last time I was there. The place tends to be a magnet for people's discards. I was pleased to find the living room had been reworked last time I was there and it was all wagon wheel furniture in perfect condition, complete with easy chair and matching rocker whose flat but somewhat arching arms served as fenders for the wheels.

 

[petek]

Haven't seen that one before but you can tell it's a GE. Here's a later one, a small stand GE mixer still in keeping with that style only updated.

 

[petek]

Then the later versions, very stylish I think

 

[petek]

And the bigger stand mixer without the stand

 

[selectomatic]

My mom had one much like that one.

I think hers had a grey switch lever. I don't know anything about when such things were made, but I guess I assumed that she got it as a wedding present in 1959. It was the main mixer that she used up through the 1970s, when it finally died.

-kevin

 

[rp2813]

Pete, I really like those later versions. They are so Jane Jetson. I passed up a turquoise one a couple of years ago and have regretted it ever since. If I find one, it will be my (well, my partner's) "daily driver." Not that he bakes daily, but you know what I mean.

 

[filterflo]

GE Mixers? Hum... yes Im rather fond of them ! ........

 

[filterflo]

Kind of like a chorus line up, missing one color, the poppy version. Its actually on the shelf around the corner.......

 

[filterflo]

The mixers work in well with the contrasting colors of the Hoover Portables...........

 

[petek]

You know I don't think I've ever used these GE's I've got so many mixers LOL.. I keep a very non descript plain jane Rival in the kitchen drawer which works surprisingly well. For a huge pot of mashed potatoes I use one of the big Sunbeam mixmasters removed from the stand and whip them directly the pot.
The GE's are the most stylish me thinks.

 

[petek]

BTW Jimmy, is that a ge sputnik can opener on the shelf.. and what else is hiding around that house.. me wants to see LOL

 

[dynaflow]

GE

I have one that the paint was so bad on i stripped it and paited it a light sunny yellow sim ilar to Ge stoves of that era
will post pix when i can dig it out
as far as the beaters go u can take the gears out of it and squeeze the slightly to make them tight again
Ron

 

[appliguy]

PeteK

I collect whatever grabs me in the way of small appliances but I think what I have the most of is the GE brand (and of the GE brand what I have the most of are irons) hence my e=mail address [email protected]. Where I am not set up to post pictures I can print my GE part of my appliance catalog (I keep a computer record of all my appliances by type then brand). FYI: Some of the items in the catalog do not have their model numbers listed yet.

Vacuum/Floor Cleaners

Upright AVH4 ca. 1936
Tidy Vac ca. 1946
Hand Vac AVH40 ca. 1936
Electric Carpet
Sweeper SV-1A ca. 1970

Blenders
Blender 22BL2 ca. 1961

Fans
Pedestal Fan FM10M1 ca. 1948
Ventilator F16T1 ca. 1954
Fans F11S107 ca. 1955
F11S106 ca. 1955
F14S107 ca. 1955
Ball Fan F11W21 ca. 1955

Irons
Iron ca. 1963
Spray & Steam
Iron H6F92 ca. 1970
Canadian Steam
Iron F90
Steam Iron H1F76 ca. 1968
Steam Iron 16F66 ca. 1960
Steam Iron 10F70 ca. 1960
Steam Iron ca. 1947
Visualizer
Iron 43F33 ca. 1955
Visualizer
Iron ca. 1960
Dry Iron 126F119 ca. 1945
Super R
Dry Iron 119F110 1942

Mixers

Hand Mixer 18M37 ca. 1958
Hand Mixer D1M47 1965
Tripple Whip
Mixer 149M8 ca. 1948
Tripple Whip
Mixer 133F9 ca. 1950
Mixer 153DM4 ca. 1937

Toasters
Toaster 52T82 ca. 1955
Toaster 10T20 ca. 1960

Radios/Televisions
AM Radio 414 ca. 1950
AM Radio 416 1953
AM Radio T102A 1957
AM Radio T103A 1957
AM Radio T104A 1957
Clock Radio C434C 1960
Transistor
Radio
Transistor
Radio P905A ca. 1963
Transistor
Radio P807E ca. 1960
Ultravision
Television 21T1544 1957

Of course this is not the whole catalog and some day soon I hope to be able to put photos with the descritions but for now here is the GE part of my collection. PAT COFFEY

 

[sudsmaster]

Some day I might bead blast the old paint off the metal base and do a white powder coat on it.

Someday.