I stumbled across this on Craigslist! How often do these turn up?
A never used new in the box 1941ish Hotpoint Washer.
A never used new in the box 1941ish Hotpoint Washer.
Brand New 1941 Washer - Never used!!
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Grandma got new as gift and never used
That statement makes one wonder what sort of laundering method Grandma preferred. A washboard? A tub over a fire pit? A favorite rock at the nearby creek?
That statement makes one wonder what sort of laundering method Grandma preferred. A washboard? A tub over a fire pit? A favorite rock at the nearby creek?
westingman123
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Grandma
If she was like my Gram, she never used something new until the old one wore out. Perhaps her first wringer lasted and lasted! LOL @favorite rock at the nearby creek. That made me think of Ma Ingalls, thanks for the chuckle.
If she was like my Gram, she never used something new until the old one wore out. Perhaps her first wringer lasted and lasted! LOL @favorite rock at the nearby creek. That made me think of Ma Ingalls, thanks for the chuckle.
danemodsandy
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Grandma Must....
....Have been well off, to hang on to that during the war years.
She could have gotten a fortune for it during the years that no new appliances were available.
....Have been well off, to hang on to that during the war years.
She could have gotten a fortune for it during the years that no new appliances were available.
That machine is absolutely beautiful, but it looks much newer than 1941, I would say 1951-1954 would be more like it?
kenmoreguy89
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Granma' s NIB stuff.......
Most of the times NIB granmas suff were double gifts, often wedding gifts, it is still usual today for just married couples to receive as gift several identical items, for exaple 4blenders, 3 toasters 2 microvawes etc....
That because most of the times there was not a list....
On the other hand a washer usually is an expensive gift probably from close relatives, so that would be strange there was no communication and agreements among close members, but who knows? It may be for what we know.....
Maybe they already had another wringer to use or got on their own an automatic washer so she never used the wringer washer.....
Or maybe she won it in some sort of lottery, promotion etc.....
Maybe that washer does have a tragic story the seller didn't want to mention..... maybe it was a wedding gift destinated to a couple died in a crash the week before the wedding and so they had it donated from the neighbors that were the dead bride parents...well that would be kinda a soap opera story and really sad but could be what happened....
This to say there're countless things that may be be happened, all I know as previously mentioned by others is that it is not unusual, old and well thinking generations used to use their things until the very end because things were appreciated and so new or double ones were conserved to replace someday what would have become definitely bad, it was not like today that people change a refigerator just for a burn out bulb....
Perhaps they simply got an automatic washer then and the wringer was stored in the garage waiting to be used maybe in day when the other machine would break and had to be fixed and stay not opearting for awhile...maybe it was also forgotten there!
Anyway a nice machine!
Most of the times NIB granmas suff were double gifts, often wedding gifts, it is still usual today for just married couples to receive as gift several identical items, for exaple 4blenders, 3 toasters 2 microvawes etc....
That because most of the times there was not a list....
On the other hand a washer usually is an expensive gift probably from close relatives, so that would be strange there was no communication and agreements among close members, but who knows? It may be for what we know.....
Maybe they already had another wringer to use or got on their own an automatic washer so she never used the wringer washer.....
Or maybe she won it in some sort of lottery, promotion etc.....
Maybe that washer does have a tragic story the seller didn't want to mention..... maybe it was a wedding gift destinated to a couple died in a crash the week before the wedding and so they had it donated from the neighbors that were the dead bride parents...well that would be kinda a soap opera story and really sad but could be what happened....
This to say there're countless things that may be be happened, all I know as previously mentioned by others is that it is not unusual, old and well thinking generations used to use their things until the very end because things were appreciated and so new or double ones were conserved to replace someday what would have become definitely bad, it was not like today that people change a refigerator just for a burn out bulb....
Perhaps they simply got an automatic washer then and the wringer was stored in the garage waiting to be used maybe in day when the other machine would break and had to be fixed and stay not opearting for awhile...maybe it was also forgotten there!
Anyway a nice machine!
Love the wrapping paper on the rolls
It'd be great for Xmas presents today!!
It'd be great for Xmas presents today!!
always a little bit skeptical, but nice just the same.....outside of checking for dried out hoses and belts and cord, there would be almost no cleanup to get her running, just load and go!
Post War Washer
Info Tag says Chicago 44. postal city zones started for large US cities in 1943 long after home appliance production had ended.
Info Tag says Chicago 44. postal city zones started for large US cities in 1943 long after home appliance production had ended.
norgeway
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I was going to say!
1950s is more like it, that logo looks much newer than 41.But man would that be fun to have, you could use that the rest of your life!!!!
1950s is more like it, that logo looks much newer than 41.But man would that be fun to have, you could use that the rest of your life!!!!
mickeyd
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The R's have it: Robert and Ralph. ~
Could not resist this beauty, so I called Dave, the seller.
The guy is wonderful, full of info. For example, the house, whence the machine originally came, is in Little Falls NY, about 3 hours away. In the house, he found operating instructions for the Liberator B-25 Bombers, written he said, in language so easy you would not need a high school ed to understand how to fly the plane. The great uncle was a WW II airplane mechanic.
He phoned Hotpoint and was told that their records go back only to 1945, and they could not identify his model number. That is why he said 1941 seemed about right. Not a washer man, he is nevertheless a car person, and related how car collecting enthusiasts prefer not to even have a rare find washed. He did, however wash the outside of the washer, but does not want to use it, thus spoiling its never-used status.
Indeed, it never was. His wife's grandmother is the granny in question and he and his wife are near 60 years old, and Our Ralphie (Hyacinth is on here at 7;30 p.m--YAY!). was right: This is Aworg history. How often have we seen an automatic pushed aside because Grandma wouldn't use it? Well, how 'bout not using a wringer?
In fact, this grandma was from Slovenia, and neither spoke nor read any English. She was "old school" and preferred her washboard. No washer for Nanna--imagine that. She was strong-willed and was unwilling to "upgrade", and was unable to translate the manual even if she had been willing to try the machine which she was adamantly not.
Dave's wife recently located the manuals since placing the ad a few weeks ago (someone here had this machine up on the boards before), and Robert may have been right on the money. The copyright for the manual is 1949. We know that these booklets are often printed to be viable for many years. Dave is trying to find the bill of sale. He's a researcher and loves to follow a trail.
A car collecting family of mechanics with a 1950 Jeep, B-25 Bombers, Vintage NIB Hotpoint Conventional: What's not to like about this guy?
More to come.[this post was last edited: 12/4/2012-23:40]
Could not resist this beauty, so I called Dave, the seller.
The guy is wonderful, full of info. For example, the house, whence the machine originally came, is in Little Falls NY, about 3 hours away. In the house, he found operating instructions for the Liberator B-25 Bombers, written he said, in language so easy you would not need a high school ed to understand how to fly the plane. The great uncle was a WW II airplane mechanic.
He phoned Hotpoint and was told that their records go back only to 1945, and they could not identify his model number. That is why he said 1941 seemed about right. Not a washer man, he is nevertheless a car person, and related how car collecting enthusiasts prefer not to even have a rare find washed. He did, however wash the outside of the washer, but does not want to use it, thus spoiling its never-used status.
Indeed, it never was. His wife's grandmother is the granny in question and he and his wife are near 60 years old, and Our Ralphie (Hyacinth is on here at 7;30 p.m--YAY!). was right: This is Aworg history. How often have we seen an automatic pushed aside because Grandma wouldn't use it? Well, how 'bout not using a wringer?
In fact, this grandma was from Slovenia, and neither spoke nor read any English. She was "old school" and preferred her washboard. No washer for Nanna--imagine that. She was strong-willed and was unwilling to "upgrade", and was unable to translate the manual even if she had been willing to try the machine which she was adamantly not.
Dave's wife recently located the manuals since placing the ad a few weeks ago (someone here had this machine up on the boards before), and Robert may have been right on the money. The copyright for the manual is 1949. We know that these booklets are often printed to be viable for many years. Dave is trying to find the bill of sale. He's a researcher and loves to follow a trail.
A car collecting family of mechanics with a 1950 Jeep, B-25 Bombers, Vintage NIB Hotpoint Conventional: What's not to like about this guy?
More to come.[this post was last edited: 12/4/2012-23:40]
mickeyd
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The cord is cracked, but there is no rust on the "enamel." The machine was kept in a house built in the 20's on the ground floor in a room off the kitchen, not sure if that room was heated. Dave seems very honest, forthcoming with every detail. The grease in the wringer head is still all there and still greasy. He lives 3&1/2 hours east of Little Falls. The machine is now in Connecticut.
Cracked Cord Is Common
Have a vintage appliance that was NIB and also has cord problems that have only grown worse over the years. Don't know what type of material was used for these electrical appliance cords but is very brittle and becomes more so with age. More so where the cord is bent/kinked and or other areas of stress.
For anyone going after said washer a cracked cord shouldn't be a deal breaker as a new modern version can be easily fitted one assumes.
Have a vintage appliance that was NIB and also has cord problems that have only grown worse over the years. Don't know what type of material was used for these electrical appliance cords but is very brittle and becomes more so with age. More so where the cord is bent/kinked and or other areas of stress.
For anyone going after said washer a cracked cord shouldn't be a deal breaker as a new modern version can be easily fitted one assumes.
mickeyd
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Cimberlie ~
I see you've read the secret transcript, LOL. He considered doing just such a thing, but balked, considering that all-to-code purist issue, wanting instead to find an encasement, etc, to cover it. I enlightened him, "Dave, no one here is that extreme that they'd insist on keeping an original cord. " Hope I did not misspeak.
I see you've read the secret transcript, LOL. He considered doing just such a thing, but balked, considering that all-to-code purist issue, wanting instead to find an encasement, etc, to cover it. I enlightened him, "Dave, no one here is that extreme that they'd insist on keeping an original cord. " Hope I did not misspeak.
whirlaway
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This has happened to allof us
How many times have any of us bought an old appliance in excelllant shape and then a couple of years later found the cord in shreads.My 1930 Easy washer with the spin dryer,I went to show it to a friend and how it worked and the cord had turned to gooo!Its been kept in heated and cooled environment and lasted all of those years and went bad.Makes you wonder sometimes,I guess there is a time limit on everything.Plastics from the 1930s and on are turning to powder.Ive asked is there anything you can do to stop this? You can oil them or wax them doesnt help.The Metropolitan Museum of art is having the same problem with sculpturs of that era.They dont know what to do! My brother bought a GE mixer from 1950 still unopened,he had to replace the cord same problem.So you never know!
How many times have any of us bought an old appliance in excelllant shape and then a couple of years later found the cord in shreads.My 1930 Easy washer with the spin dryer,I went to show it to a friend and how it worked and the cord had turned to gooo!Its been kept in heated and cooled environment and lasted all of those years and went bad.Makes you wonder sometimes,I guess there is a time limit on everything.Plastics from the 1930s and on are turning to powder.Ive asked is there anything you can do to stop this? You can oil them or wax them doesnt help.The Metropolitan Museum of art is having the same problem with sculpturs of that era.They dont know what to do! My brother bought a GE mixer from 1950 still unopened,he had to replace the cord same problem.So you never know!
laundromat
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I wonder of grandma replaced worm stingers then received a new automatic???
mickeyd
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Wot de fok R U guys smokin' ?
LOL.
Call Madame Washnik for a translation.
LOL.
Call Madame Washnik for a translation.
