twintubdexter
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...although I rarely do less than 1 a month, I thought I'd post a few pics from an estate sale house I'm going to next week...I just want to snoop.
interesting built-ins
interesting built-ins
at the risk of creating too many threads...
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twintubdexter
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a St. Charles Kitchen...do they still have these?
twintubdexter
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a built in "CANOLECTRIC" in the bar area...was this for opening beer & soda cans?
twintubdexter
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very cool built-in retro weather station...
twintubdexter
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I wonder what all these do?...god I just love anything that's built-in
twintubdexter
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and I meant to say I do less than one thread a month...a lot less...enjoy 
Wow, looks like a great kitchen and if you have any more or get pics please post them. I'd love to be able to accompany you on a tour of that house. Whomever they were must have had some money back in the day. I'd imagine that if the house goes up for sale that kitchen is going to go and be replaced by something, well I won't say it 
WOW electric AND gas built-in wall ovens with warming drawers.
(Tongue hangs out and tail wags)
The illuminated switches appear to be low-voltage centralized lighting controls that were popular/trendy for about 5-minutes in past decades.
(Tongue hangs out and tail wags)
The illuminated switches appear to be low-voltage centralized lighting controls that were popular/trendy for about 5-minutes in past decades.
Weather Station
Joe,
Thanks for posting these photos!
What is the brand of the weather station unit? The red lettering is hard to make out.
Joe,
Thanks for posting these photos!
What is the brand of the weather station unit? The red lettering is hard to make out.
twintubdexter
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it says "HONEYWELL"
variflexpghpa
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Weather Station
The "weather station" is actually a HONEYWELL Thermostat system. A cousin had one of these in a late 50s built house. If I remember this was an early attempt to have a thermostat with the ablility to shift modes between heat and cool.
The house also had a huge Bryant gas AC unit.
Also the panels with all the red buttons is a Light - O - Lier low voltage control system for all the lighting in the house. A friend had one. All the rooms had a panel for turning on or off lights in that area of the house, and several master stations, with maybe two dozen buttons where you could control all the lighing inside or outside the house. There were 2 huge relay panels in the basement that held the switch gear.
The "weather station" is actually a HONEYWELL Thermostat system. A cousin had one of these in a late 50s built house. If I remember this was an early attempt to have a thermostat with the ablility to shift modes between heat and cool.
The house also had a huge Bryant gas AC unit.
Also the panels with all the red buttons is a Light - O - Lier low voltage control system for all the lighting in the house. A friend had one. All the rooms had a panel for turning on or off lights in that area of the house, and several master stations, with maybe two dozen buttons where you could control all the lighing inside or outside the house. There were 2 huge relay panels in the basement that held the switch gear.
northwesty
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I've been on the lookout for some interesting lightswitches, specifically the Honeywell round - push button ones, I think they are only from 59-60 and they are super rare. So I agree those there are unique.
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Thank you, both, for your responses!
Thank you, both, for your responses!
Our friends around the corner still have a few of those Honeywell round light switches in their house. I'd love to get em LOL. All the houses in our hood were built in 1958/59, theirs by the same builder as ours. But most have all been retrofitted losing their original glory.
That is a Tappan microwave like John just picked up (with the Westinghouse name) this summer in NY. Beautiful!
I've had friends with the low-voltage lighting systems in their homes and it's a pain to keep them working properly - and a huge pain to rewire when they finally give out completely. A central control unit with wires running every which-a-way through the walls, ceilings, floor joists make for a tangled web of PITA. Super cool though - I always liked the way they worked and the central control switches could be fun for pranks!
You can just imagine getting a tour of the house when new - the can opener (piercing the cans of beer being served) the microwave oven that would wow most everyone in the crowd, warming drawers to keep the tiny bacon-wrapped wieners at serving temperature. What a dream house!!
I've had friends with the low-voltage lighting systems in their homes and it's a pain to keep them working properly - and a huge pain to rewire when they finally give out completely. A central control unit with wires running every which-a-way through the walls, ceilings, floor joists make for a tangled web of PITA. Super cool though - I always liked the way they worked and the central control switches could be fun for pranks!
You can just imagine getting a tour of the house when new - the can opener (piercing the cans of beer being served) the microwave oven that would wow most everyone in the crowd, warming drawers to keep the tiny bacon-wrapped wieners at serving temperature. What a dream house!!
twintubdexter
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a few more pics...
looks like the kind of home that would have all that fun stuff, no?
looks like the kind of home that would have all that fun stuff, no?
twintubdexter
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gotta love this door hardware
