Calling all knowledgeable range people................

[air-waycharlie]

I'm one of the vacuum folks who used to post here until Robert designed our site. I am hoping someone can help me and my spouse identify this range. I think it is a Roper but would like confirmation.

This picture was taken in June of 1972 in Cicero, IL. The lady is my "mother-in-law", and the stove was her Aunt Alta's.

We are curious as to the date of manufacture, approx. cost and how would it have been ranked, ie: good, better or best of the time. Does anyone have one?

Aunt Alta would belong to this site if she was still with us today as she had a thing about this stove and this was one of the rare times she let Patty touch it!

Charlie

 

[jamiel]

Yep that's a roper, probably manufactured in Kankakee.

 

[toggleswitch]

That sure is one PURTY cooker!

What is located on the left side below the cooking surface, is that a waist-high broiler in gas?

I have also seen on a WELBILT brand 40 incher an ELECTRIC broiler on the left side and a conventional gas oven and broiler on the right side. Apparently electric broilers and/or rotisseries were DE RIGEUR at one time! Espeically in the hot summer before A/C was so prevalent!

 

[exploder321]

I know nuttin bout the stove, but love the surrondings

 

[rocketeer500]

Charlie, it looks like a 1949 Roper - Staggered Top Range. Staggered Top Ranges were really popular in the mid-1940s and early 1950s, with Philco and Roper offering most of them. As cool as they are, the concept never really caught on. One of the reasons was that the space provided, due to the "staggering", didn't allow for large workable space on the stove top. I hope this helps you. Bryan.

 

[goatfarmer]

That was probably a decent stove. Later Ropers were more middle of the road,quality wise.

kennyGF