and the City Light store in the University District
Do you suppose they ever went bowling together?
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The Washer/Dryer! (presumably)
I only wish they had a picture of the mosaic they had outside the entrance to the building. Talk about 50's Glam!
The Washer/Dryer! (presumably)
I only wish they had a picture of the mosaic they had outside the entrance to the building. Talk about 50's Glam!
In the Modern Electric Kitchen with its blend of Westinghouse and GE, note, please, the placement of the range hood in relation to the range. The GE dishwasher is the one that went under half of a sink. It only had the front half of the top rack. If you got the special sink from GE with the drain in the back corner, you could even have a garbage Disposal.
I hate to look stupid, but was Your City Light the name of the power company? In Seattle?
I hate to look stupid, but was Your City Light the name of the power company? In Seattle?
Not a stupid question at all....
Just a stupid slogan ;-)
Seattle City Light is the name of the company. It is owned by the city, and has been for the last 100 years or so. It really has a fascinating history: An Irish Engineer by the name of J.D. Ross laid claim to the site of two dams, undercutting the local private electric company, which was overcharging the people. He then turned around and deeded them to the city forever, and gets named head of the new public power company. Angry business interests put in a mayor who tries to privatize the company and fires Ross, and the city freaks out and recalls the mayor, and appoints a new mayor (The new guy might have been a socialist, which would have really put the business community in a snit. I know one of the mayors was a socialist, but I can't remember which one. Not that I was there, mind you. I'm not THAT old) Ross gets reappointed the head of City Light until he dies. Sort of a William Mulholland story, but without the St. Francis Dam tragedy.
"Your City Light" is his legacy, because it belongs "to the people". They use the same slogan for all of the city departments, but City Light originated it, and is the most dedicated to it.
Just a stupid slogan ;-)
Seattle City Light is the name of the company. It is owned by the city, and has been for the last 100 years or so. It really has a fascinating history: An Irish Engineer by the name of J.D. Ross laid claim to the site of two dams, undercutting the local private electric company, which was overcharging the people. He then turned around and deeded them to the city forever, and gets named head of the new public power company. Angry business interests put in a mayor who tries to privatize the company and fires Ross, and the city freaks out and recalls the mayor, and appoints a new mayor (The new guy might have been a socialist, which would have really put the business community in a snit. I know one of the mayors was a socialist, but I can't remember which one. Not that I was there, mind you. I'm not THAT old) Ross gets reappointed the head of City Light until he dies. Sort of a William Mulholland story, but without the St. Francis Dam tragedy.
"Your City Light" is his legacy, because it belongs "to the people". They use the same slogan for all of the city departments, but City Light originated it, and is the most dedicated to it.
In the Modern Electric Kitchen-
Hey, that's the 1962 GE bottom-mount refrigerator-freezer I grew up with!!! (There has NEVER been a better model made).
But why is the vent-a-hood over the waffle iron and not the stove????
Hey, that's the 1962 GE bottom-mount refrigerator-freezer I grew up with!!! (There has NEVER been a better model made).
But why is the vent-a-hood over the waffle iron and not the stove????
Maybe she burned the waffles a lot?
Whoever designed the model kitchen was probably a typical Seattlelite. Pretty, but not too smart ;-)
Whoever designed the model kitchen was probably a typical Seattlelite. Pretty, but not too smart ;-)
Westy/GE kitchen
It looks to me like that is a built-in rotiss/griddle/grill in the counter. See the racks motor & cord above the counter? The hood still looks silly in that spot, but at least it's electric. Is that a built-in toaster?
Isn't that the Bendix Gyromatic washer with the built-in soap dispenser?
It looks to me like that is a built-in rotiss/griddle/grill in the counter. See the racks motor & cord above the counter? The hood still looks silly in that spot, but at least it's electric. Is that a built-in toaster?
Isn't that the Bendix Gyromatic washer with the built-in soap dispenser?
Good Eye, Greg.....
And I think, now that you mention it, that might be a built-in toaster there between the rotisserie and the sink
And I think, now that you mention it, that might be a built-in toaster there between the rotisserie and the sink
Maybe she burned the waffles a lot?
......and if that is a toaster in the wall, the toast.
Methinks it just photographed/showacased the appliances better that way.
......and if that is a toaster in the wall, the toast.
Methinks it just photographed/showacased the appliances better that way.
