I have one of these and just love it for looks and performance.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-WES...327?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item415fc555d7
http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-WES...327?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item415fc555d7
Beautiful Westinghouse dry iron on ebay
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arbilab
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We had that one before we got the steam version. I remember it even though ironing is the one part of laundry I never did.
launderess
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Big Deal!
*LOL*
Have the same NIB in my collection. Think I used it once after arrival but it's since sat sitting in the iron stash whilst I play with the other children. *LOL*
Launderess
*LOL*
Have the same NIB in my collection. Think I used it once after arrival but it's since sat sitting in the iron stash whilst I play with the other children. *LOL*
Launderess
That's a nice iron. Maybe Jeff (JEB) would be interested in it since he lives there.
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I found this on a small appliance/housewares site called Jitterbuzz:
Probably the most reliable forecast of the future is that "ironing" as we know it will go away due to fabric treatments that eliminate wrinkles. We owe most of this technology to Ruth Benerito (born 1916) helped win the war on wrinkles with her invention of wash-and-wear cotton fabrics while working at the U.S. Department of Agriculture laboratories in New Orleans in the 1950s. Before this innovation, women spent hours and hours every week ironing clothes for their families. Benerito found a way to chemically treat the surface of cotton that led not only to wrinkle-resistant fabric, but also to stain- and flame-resistant fabrics.
Do not say the guvamint has never done anything for you.
I found this on a small appliance/housewares site called Jitterbuzz:
Probably the most reliable forecast of the future is that "ironing" as we know it will go away due to fabric treatments that eliminate wrinkles. We owe most of this technology to Ruth Benerito (born 1916) helped win the war on wrinkles with her invention of wash-and-wear cotton fabrics while working at the U.S. Department of Agriculture laboratories in New Orleans in the 1950s. Before this innovation, women spent hours and hours every week ironing clothes for their families. Benerito found a way to chemically treat the surface of cotton that led not only to wrinkle-resistant fabric, but also to stain- and flame-resistant fabrics.
Do not say the guvamint has never done anything for you.
norgeway
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I have a...
NIB steam version, this was the same iron my Mom had for many years, so when I found a new one I had to have it!
NIB steam version, this was the same iron my Mom had for many years, so when I found a new one I had to have it!
launderess
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For Steam
Much as one loves vintage irons for dry ironing, aside from the Presto versions haven't much use for the steam versions. Most do not put out enough steam for my tastes. Well not when compared to either my steam boiler/generator iron or Sussman Aquamatic.
Much as one loves vintage irons for dry ironing, aside from the Presto versions haven't much use for the steam versions. Most do not put out enough steam for my tastes. Well not when compared to either my steam boiler/generator iron or Sussman Aquamatic.
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Sussman means horseman in Yiddish. The word "suss" comes to Yiddish directly from Hebrew and means horse in both languages.
Sussman means horseman in Yiddish. The word "suss" comes to Yiddish directly from Hebrew and means horse in both languages.
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