philr
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Brian, I just found a picture of my grandparent's dishwasher from 1982. Unfortunately, I'm partially hiding it and everything is out of focus...
Another dishwasher...
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rpms
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You were a cute kid. At first glance the dishwasher looks like a Maytag.
philr
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It's the exact model that you sent in the previous picture. An Inglis Royal with two indicator lights. My parents had an older one (also Inglis Royal) with the larger knob (the instruction manual I posted above is for that model CSDU 8000) which I think was from the same years as my Royal 100 as I have pictures showing this dishwasher that are dated as being of January 1978. Unlike the US models, I think the Royal 100 kept the styling from older Inglis models while the rest of the lineup looked almost exactly like Whirlpools.
Pictures showing children happen to be the right height to show the dishwasher's control panels! I'm on the right on this picture and I found another picture of me in 1980 in a rare occasion where I was looking at the camera! <span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I was still far from my current weight of 325 pounds then...</span>
Pictures showing children happen to be the right height to show the dishwasher's control panels! I'm on the right on this picture and I found another picture of me in 1980 in a rare occasion where I was looking at the camera! <span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I was still far from my current weight of 325 pounds then...</span>
ovrphil
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I don't know..I remember being that young, but the world became proportionally a whole lot older…give me a few younger years back, dammage. :-[) You were a cute little kid.
ovrphil
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I don't know..I remember being that young, but the world became proportionally a whole lot older…give me a few younger years back, dammage. :-[) You were a cute little kid and would have made a good choice for the dishwasher ads.
Looking at your dishwasher there, PhilR, if we had a dishwasher, I'd be playing with that thing - my mom would have to keep me restrained. Lights, water, interesting sounds would be irresistible. Few had dishwashers; large families used their kids to wash dishes.
Looking at your dishwasher there, PhilR, if we had a dishwasher, I'd be playing with that thing - my mom would have to keep me restrained. Lights, water, interesting sounds would be irresistible. Few had dishwashers; large families used their kids to wash dishes.
philr
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Every member of my family had to practice the manual "rinse and hold" in the sink before loading the dishwasher! We couldn't put any dishes that didn't look clean in the dishwasher! When the racks started to disintegrate, the dishes looked dirtier after we run it as there was some rust stains on the plates from the rusted tines!
ovrphil
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Inglis and English control labels.
I was just thinking of John Inglis who started this company 150 years ago, and wondered if he /the company…ever manufactured appliances with French only label controls? Not that it would win the hearts of most Canadians, but thinking about some of you who live in Quebec and maybe prefer seeing French (not suggesting Quebec nationalism expansion, lol). My thought was just, did Inglis offer an option in labeling or do you have PhilR /Turquoisedude any Canadian-made appliances whose controls are labeled in French.
merci'
Phil
I was just thinking of John Inglis who started this company 150 years ago, and wondered if he /the company…ever manufactured appliances with French only label controls? Not that it would win the hearts of most Canadians, but thinking about some of you who live in Quebec and maybe prefer seeing French (not suggesting Quebec nationalism expansion, lol). My thought was just, did Inglis offer an option in labeling or do you have PhilR /Turquoisedude any Canadian-made appliances whose controls are labeled in French.
merci'
Phil
philr
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I don't think they did French-only control panels. Some were bi-lingual like those on my "Royal 100" washer and dryer. Bi-lingual controls were mostly seen on late 1970's and 1980's machines but that's not always true. For example, this dishwasher has Engliah-only controls and it's from the late-1970s and the Royal 100 set is from the early-1970s... I have also seen a 1967 "Enterprise" range that had bi-lingual controls and the later ones, even if they kept the same control panels did away with the French writing. I also have illustrations showing a 1966 Frigidaire range with French-only control panel which was apparently available but I have never seen one of those.
ovrphil
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Bi-lingual would make most sense - missed the obvious, there. Could you send me a photo of that 1966 Frigidaire range with the French-only control panel(to my gmail account?).
Thank you, Phil.
Thank you, Phil.
turquoisedude
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I wish I'd kept a photo or two, but I had a 70s Canadian GE washer and dryer set with unilingual French control panels!
I remember Inglis dishwashers in particular having 'iconic' control panels - a picture of a saucepan for the ScourWash cycle, a stack of dishes for the Normal wash, a small stack of dishes for Light wash, etc. The GE we got in '78 had a similar control panel and the 87 GE that was installed in my first house still had this kind of panel.
I remember Inglis dishwashers in particular having 'iconic' control panels - a picture of a saucepan for the ScourWash cycle, a stack of dishes for the Normal wash, a small stack of dishes for Light wash, etc. The GE we got in '78 had a similar control panel and the 87 GE that was installed in my first house still had this kind of panel.
philr
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Phil, there's a few pictures on my Flickr account. One of them shows the French-only control panel.
https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=rj39k
https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=rj39k
ovrphil
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Paul - it would be interesting to see those icons that were used to represent controls on the Inglis dishwashers.
For myself, I like those vs. the lettering, unless the lettering is script or something that stands out.
Phil - You are such a resource…I see it. I'm a little disappointed that they labeled it in such plain characters - would think French might get a little different treatment, but it's ok. I wasn't digging for unique fonts; interest was just to see what was used to represent the burners and oven controls.
Is that a turquoise stove? It looks really nice if it's turquoise…some turquoise is just a bit too strong in statement but that looks like mint, which (to me) lifts it above the staid-looking, but practical whites.
Oh well. Thank you both!
For myself, I like those vs. the lettering, unless the lettering is script or something that stands out.
Phil - You are such a resource…I see it. I'm a little disappointed that they labeled it in such plain characters - would think French might get a little different treatment, but it's ok. I wasn't digging for unique fonts; interest was just to see what was used to represent the burners and oven controls.
Is that a turquoise stove? It looks really nice if it's turquoise…some turquoise is just a bit too strong in statement but that looks like mint, which (to me) lifts it above the staid-looking, but practical whites.
Oh well. Thank you both!
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