Did anybody happen to receive a Target sale booklet in Sunday's paper (7/31)? Did you look through it?? Not only was there a coupon good for $1.00 off Method detergent, but on page 40 there is a picture taken in a mid 50s GE kitchen. At first I thought it is all white on white, but given a pink blush by the lighting because 1950s pink was not this understated, but then there are white things that do not have a blush of pink. Maybe the pink was altered in some way to look less pink. Any photography/computer experts want to help? There is a GE wall oven in their first style where the whole front is porcelain. I have never seen this oven in white. We have turquoise and pink ones; had one in Woodtone Brown but no white. Then if you look just to the right of the coed by her ear(she should look so good at 50), you will see a small GE emblem. It is at the bottom of the aluminum trim on the door of the wall-mount refrigerator-freezer. The GE metal cabinets, with wire refrigerator-style shelving, are the same color as the appliances, so here this kitchen is, white on white or blush on blush, practically unheard of in the 50s and zooming back into smartness and style after a half century.
Cool GE Kitchen
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I have a Sunday Houston Chronicle, haven't looked at it yet, maybe there's a Targaayyy sale in it.
Online catalog...
Here is the "back to college" catalog online. The kitchen is on page 40 with some other details on prior and following pages - though only the cabinets, counters, etc.
On the left side of the window, you'll see a "Magnifier" tool that allows you to zoom in on details. Very cool!
I don't think I've seen these ovens in white either, but have seen pink, turquoise, stainless, woodtone brown also. They would be very cool in white. I just tossed one of these ovens in stainless - with copper colored dials that were just putrid looking on the stainless! I still have the pink ovens and cooktop,which could really use a new home now.
Here is the "back to college" catalog online. The kitchen is on page 40 with some other details on prior and following pages - though only the cabinets, counters, etc.
On the left side of the window, you'll see a "Magnifier" tool that allows you to zoom in on details. Very cool!
I don't think I've seen these ovens in white either, but have seen pink, turquoise, stainless, woodtone brown also. They would be very cool in white. I just tossed one of these ovens in stainless - with copper colored dials that were just putrid looking on the stainless! I still have the pink ovens and cooktop,which could really use a new home now.
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That's me on Page 20...with a wide assortment of laundry products, lounging in front of the Milnors! ;-)
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Neat GE Kitchen...and it's nice and clean too!! I can see the wall oven and the cabinet refrigerator. Too bad they didn't show the roll-out DW!!!
On page 48-49 there's also a nice Forest Green Mercedes coupe, 1960's-era. Not sure of the exact model; it could also be from the 1970's as the design really didn't change much, IIRC.
On page 48-49 there's also a nice Forest Green Mercedes coupe, 1960's-era. Not sure of the exact model; it could also be from the 1970's as the design really didn't change much, IIRC.
Tom I bet you're right, I bet they simply changed the oven to white using Photoshop. If you capture that image and zoom in real, real close you can see some light pink pixels right along the edge of the oven door.
Its very easy to do in Photoshop, this took all of five minutes...
Its very easy to do in Photoshop, this took all of five minutes...
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My Grandmother had this in Pink
and the cooktop that had the push buttons in the front. It was a great kitchen - also had a 60's model portable Westinghouse dishwasher - I have pics of me somewhere while I'm watching it drain into the sink - I have to dig them up annd post them...
and the cooktop that had the push buttons in the front. It was a great kitchen - also had a 60's model portable Westinghouse dishwasher - I have pics of me somewhere while I'm watching it drain into the sink - I have to dig them up annd post them...
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What about an Almond or Bisque GE wall oven?
*Ducks and runs*
*Ducks and runs*
Robert
I LUV The razzle dazzle silver oven!
This is a very interesting photo because it demonstrates a very old mode of suggestion.
Place a new object among old traditional items to give it depth and history.
Can anyone guess who first did this in history? Hint: it was first used for political purposes not commercial ones.
Think very long ago.
jet
I LUV The razzle dazzle silver oven!
This is a very interesting photo because it demonstrates a very old mode of suggestion.
Place a new object among old traditional items to give it depth and history.
Can anyone guess who first did this in history? Hint: it was first used for political purposes not commercial ones.
Think very long ago.
jet
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GE Oven in yellow...
Visiting Fred in Milwaukee a couple of weeks ago we found an antique store called "Blast from the Past" with their specialty being mid-century stuff. They had the same style oven pictured in yellow, along with the matching pushbutton cooktop, and a cast iron kitchen sink.
Would be fun to have a kitchen to accomodate them!
Visiting Fred in Milwaukee a couple of weeks ago we found an antique store called "Blast from the Past" with their specialty being mid-century stuff. They had the same style oven pictured in yellow, along with the matching pushbutton cooktop, and a cast iron kitchen sink.
Would be fun to have a kitchen to accomodate them!
What about an Almond or Bisque GE wall oven?
Bite your tongue right now MISTER!
Bite your tongue right now MISTER!
Juxtapositioning
That's why an Amana Radarange looks so cool in any kitchen!
That's why an Amana Radarange looks so cool in any kitchen!
My GE Kitsch-en; or, I'm home!! (temporarily)
(sorry, couldn't resist.) I've always hated how a previous owner replaced the original Vent-A-Hood and backsplash with coppertone ones. However, this is the same genius that also put down the cream and gold-inlay floor tiles with black mastic, and after 20+ years it's squeezing through the cracks. Someone was throwing out an old matching hood down the street when I was a kid, but Mom and Dad wouldn't let me get it and fix it up to install. The clock on the oven stopped working about ten years ago, and one of, if not both of the door hinge springs broke several years before that. Only three burners work on the stove. Well... the other burner works, but the drip pan won't stay in it, so mom never used it. In about '85 we had a repairman come to look at the washer or dryer, I don't know which or why as I was in school at the time, and Mom said that he did a double-take when he saw the stove and oven. He said "Man, those things need to be in a museum! I'm suprised they still work!" By-the-by, the outlet next to the stove is controlled by the oven timer. If I ever take out the oven to fix the springs, I'll wire the plug to be on all the time. Unless anyone knows where I can find a new motor for the clock!
(sorry, couldn't resist.) I've always hated how a previous owner replaced the original Vent-A-Hood and backsplash with coppertone ones. However, this is the same genius that also put down the cream and gold-inlay floor tiles with black mastic, and after 20+ years it's squeezing through the cracks. Someone was throwing out an old matching hood down the street when I was a kid, but Mom and Dad wouldn't let me get it and fix it up to install. The clock on the oven stopped working about ten years ago, and one of, if not both of the door hinge springs broke several years before that. Only three burners work on the stove. Well... the other burner works, but the drip pan won't stay in it, so mom never used it. In about '85 we had a repairman come to look at the washer or dryer, I don't know which or why as I was in school at the time, and Mom said that he did a double-take when he saw the stove and oven. He said "Man, those things need to be in a museum! I'm suprised they still work!" By-the-by, the outlet next to the stove is controlled by the oven timer. If I ever take out the oven to fix the springs, I'll wire the plug to be on all the time. Unless anyone knows where I can find a new motor for the clock!
Beautiful!
Thanks for the pics/ GE aren't they both?
Love how the cook-top contols are oriented for lefties (left-handed; not political position! LOL ) like me.
Thanks for the pics/ GE aren't they both?
Love how the cook-top contols are oriented for lefties (left-handed; not political position! LOL ) like me.
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1959 Frigidare Kitchen
Here is an ad from a 1957 National Geographic.
Joe
Here is an ad from a 1957 National Geographic.
Joe
You'll really feel like a queen.
Cant get enough of that ad!
Cant get enough of that ad!
......and sanitized at pasteurization temperatures.
OK COME ON COME give me a few more period buzz-words, hurry hurry.
LOL
OK COME ON COME give me a few more period buzz-words, hurry hurry.
LOL
