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Apartment Size Vintage GM Frigidaire Range
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20" Frigidare Range
Looks good on the outside, wonder what the inside of the oven looks like ?
This range is no newer than 1950, it is neat to see one that survived.
John L.
Looks good on the outside, wonder what the inside of the oven looks like ?
This range is no newer than 1950, it is neat to see one that survived.
John L.
apartment size
That looks to be the same size as a normal size Australian stove, which are usually 54 or 60 cm wide - I think that's 21 or 24 inches.
How wide is it?
That looks to be the same size as a normal size Australian stove, which are usually 54 or 60 cm wide - I think that's 21 or 24 inches.
How wide is it?
It is most likely a 1946 - 1949 model. The earlier version from 1938 - 1942 was constructed differently, with the two surface units on the right, and the oven door inset into the cabinet. The 1950 and later models used the thicker Radiantube elements.
These little ranges were popular after WWII when people were converting large houses into apartments to accommodate returning armed service members. In 1947, my mom and dad made an apartment in the attic of the house his family owned, and it had a small range like this. Jim and Glenna - a newlywed couple - were the first residents, and lived there until 1951. My mom talked about Glenna making homemade candy and donuts. They became life long friends of our family.
These little ranges were popular after WWII when people were converting large houses into apartments to accommodate returning armed service members. In 1947, my mom and dad made an apartment in the attic of the house his family owned, and it had a small range like this. Jim and Glenna - a newlywed couple - were the first residents, and lived there until 1951. My mom talked about Glenna making homemade candy and donuts. They became life long friends of our family.
I have one of these ranges. It is 20 inches wide which can be proved by looking at the 24" GE next to it. The oven uses open coil heaters. A friend's mom had a collection of cookbooks and range manuals and one of the manuals was for a Pre-1950 Frigidaire range and I was intrigued by the heating pattern of the two tube surface units. A friend had the 40" version with these surface units.
@gizmo
In USA standard range sizes run 36", 40" and 60" in width. Smaller "apartment sized" ranges run about 20"-21" or 24" give or take. Depth and height are same across the board (36" tall, depth varying between 25" to 27" deep)
http://www.antiquegasstoves.com/pages/aptokm.html
Malleable Iron Range Company (aka Monarch Range) built first 20" electric ranges for employees working on the Manhattan Project back in 1943.
It was off to the races ever since. Rise of apartment living post WWII (and building) coupled with housing shortage causing creation of apartments in small spaces created a need for smaller kitchen major appliances.
Alterative was filled by vast and bewildering array of hotplates and small portable ovens including things like Westinghouse's famous "roaster" oven.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malleable_Iron_Range_Company
In USA standard range sizes run 36", 40" and 60" in width. Smaller "apartment sized" ranges run about 20"-21" or 24" give or take. Depth and height are same across the board (36" tall, depth varying between 25" to 27" deep)
http://www.antiquegasstoves.com/pages/aptokm.html
Malleable Iron Range Company (aka Monarch Range) built first 20" electric ranges for employees working on the Manhattan Project back in 1943.
It was off to the races ever since. Rise of apartment living post WWII (and building) coupled with housing shortage causing creation of apartments in small spaces created a need for smaller kitchen major appliances.
Alterative was filled by vast and bewildering array of hotplates and small portable ovens including things like Westinghouse's famous "roaster" oven.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malleable_Iron_Range_Company
Most Popular US Range Size
Is 30" wide, since the mid 50s more than 80% are this width, around 1950 gas ranges were usually 36" wide and electric ranges 40" wide in normal sized American homes.
John L.
Is 30" wide, since the mid 50s more than 80% are this width, around 1950 gas ranges were usually 36" wide and electric ranges 40" wide in normal sized American homes.
John L.
When the planned community of Greenbelt, Maryland was built in 1936 and then the defense housing in 1941, the kitchens were equipped with 21 inch electric ranges with three surface units. Thank God there was no natural gas service to the town which was in the middle of nowhere. Everyone cooked electrically, even the industrial kitchens in the schools. Oil and coal fired the boilers for heating and hot water until the 1980s when the cost of oil grew to be too burdensome. A huge program replaced the metal frame casement windows, decommissioned the boilers,Insulated the attics, heavied up the electrical service to each unit and put in individual water heaters and baseboard electrical heat.
