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swestoyz

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Hey Gang -

What a better way to beat the snow storm blues than with some fun Maytag brochures! These seem to have been falling from the sky lately - and they are so fun. I'll post one this evening then later in the week I'll post another one. I'll start off with the early stuff - some post War brochures for some wringers including very early Model E instructions. Enjoy!

First up - doing misplace your Warranty Bond! "Remove by unscrewing knob..."

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Okay - now for the instructions!

These are actually pretty fun. I personally did not know what the various positions of the wringer handle meant - now I do! There will be some fun hit and miss instructions on this as well - including the signature of Fred II.

I think there is a date of 1945 on the instructions. I bet the factory was just begging to start production on washers and be gone with the B2 Bomber parts!

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WARNING - use Maytag Multi-Motor oil ONLY

This is the best page - instructions on how to start your Multi-Motor. I would love to someday find a Model E with an original Model 92 engine on it - that would be a fascinating machine!

Notice the instruction on how to prepare the mixture - how to start and stop. Can you imagine a regular household using this today?

Where do I sign up! ;-) Note the 7-16-45 print date. Very interesting.

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Brings back so many memories

My mother used a wringer washer till 1967(four kids).

She only got to enjoy her Frigidaire Rapidry 1000 for one year till she passed away. Never knew how nice a dryer could be.

Thanks for posting~!
 
Looks to Me...

...Like Maytag's artist had just seen Mildred Pierce- whaddya think? I mean, is that Joan, or what?

Ben, Mercurochrome was similar to iodine, but it stung less. At least a little less. It was very common when I was a kid in the late '50s and early '60s. We didn't have any kind of no-sting antiseptic until Bactine came along. Mercurochrome did stain just as bad as iodine, though.

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Ben, many thanks for taking the trouble to bring this treat to us.

That baby is not smiling; it is grimmacing and pushing, making more laundry. I have seen that look too often and you did not want to let it happen when the diapered child was in a seated position.

Isn't it nice that all 4 legs of the Maytag are individually adjustable for height. If just two were, the user might have been able to experience tilt tub washing action.

IF THE ELECTRIC MOTOR FAILS TO START:
(2) Try your electric lights to be sure that the current has not been temporarily stopped at the generating plant.

And how would you be lighting your basement without electricity? Oh, I see, you are washing out on the porch.

Several large washings a week are beyond normal family use and increase the frequency for lubricating the motor.

The instructions for cleaning the Maytag leave out the final drain. The instructions say to put the gyrator on the post, but not push it down for storage. I wonder why every Maytag I saw had the gyrator resting resting on its side. Where did that practice originate?

The gasoline engines were also called gopher killers. Because the engines produced so much carbon monoxide, they were used with a corrugated metal hose to pump the killing fumes down the holes of various plant eating animals.

Mercurochrome was actually far more dangerous than iodine since it relied on mercury to kill germs. Who knows how many children were exposed to toxic levels of mercury from their parents' application of mercurochrome to cuts and other wounds. My parents used it all of the time on us and had no use for Bactine which they deemed ineffective. I wonder if I could qualify for some kind of mercury-induced disability. It's hard to imagine a world without topical antiseptics, but there was a time, as close to the time of this user's manual as the 20s and 30s when children's simple cuts, scrapes and broken blisters often, easily and quickly developed infections that turned into blood poisoning resulting in death because there were no antibiotics to stop a systemic infection. Alcohol and Listerine mouthwash, along with sterile bandages were the main line of defense against infection.
 
It's GOTTA Be Joan:

August 15th, 1947

Miss Veda Pierce
Inmate 22-497841
California Institution for Women
Tehachapi, California

Dearest Veda-

You will NEVER guess all the things that are going on! Has it really been two years since you left?

For one thing, Bert and I remarried (remind me to tell you about how I got him to break it off with Mrs. Biederhof sometime), so I'm back on Corvallis Street. The house isn't as grand as the old Beragon place, but it's sweet and cozy. And I must say I don't miss the bills- they took every penny I could make from the restaurants. Wally Faye can HAVE them.

We've made some changes, though. Your Daddy bought me a wonderful new Maytag washing machine, and as soon as Lottie learned how to operate it, she was so thrilled she took all her little savings and bought one for herself. She started taking in washing from other people, and now she has a string of laundries called Lottie's Home Style Washing, with dozens of Maytags churning away, and dozens of people working for her! I guess she kept her eyes and ears open while she was helping me with Mildred's, hmm?

I went last week to put flowers on dear Monte's grave, but I've decided not to take Ida with me any more. The last time, she said, "Monte's not dead- he's hiding from Veda!" That Ida and her wisecracks. I always say that she has more smart remarks up her sleeve than I have grey hairs over you, dear. NOT that I let them show! Joke.

Did you get the money I sent? Like I told you last letter, we sold your Chevrolet; cars are in such demand nowadays, and it brought a whole $500. I sent it to be put in your commissary account for cigarettes, the way you asked. How much ARE you smoking, dear?

Speaking of which, the Institution told me that I wasn't to send you that cigarette case Monte gave you, as you asked me to do. Something about "making a shiv" out of it. What on earth is that?

Anyway, I must run. Bert and I are going to see the new Tarzan picture. Johnny Weissmuller is getting a potbelly. Bert says Weissmuller isn't nearly as good as Herman Brix was when HE played Tarzan.

Please write when you can, dear, and remember, it's only twenty-three short years until I have my darling daughter back with me!

Your Mommie,
Mildred Pierce- no longer Beragon.

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Ben thanks for the fun ads, I loved the pictures. Just wonder what "French Chalk" is as it was suggested for Grease and oil removal. Sure never heard of rubbing lard into a oil or tar stain either.
 
"Doing the weekly laundering for an average-size family takes only an hour or so..."

Does that count when using the heated cycle on a Duet?

It's even better than the Duet since many homes did not have automatic storage water heaters of sufficient capacity to fill a washer with hot water so wash water was often heated in a wash boiler. You could start the first load with almost boiling water. The double tub Master kept the water hotter longer. Reliable thermostats and temperature/pressure relief valves were just beginning to be perfected so water heating was more of a manual operation. In a Consumer Reports from sometime in the 40s, I think, there is an article about the dangers of water heaters. In the middle of the page, there is a picture of a building foundation with absolutely nothing near. The story about the picture explains that it was a church. After a dinner one evening, the water heater was accidentally left on and the resulting steam explosion spared only the foundation, making appropriate the hymns, How Firm a Foundation, The Church's One Foundation, Christ Is Made The Sure Foundation and, finally, We Would Be Building.

The square tub machines did have a slightly larger capacity, but all of them, when properly loaded, had wonderful roll over. The width of the tub was the key factor. I think the aluminum tub actually took more care to maintain than the porcelain tubs, but the greater overhang at the opening of the Master meant that there was less of a chance of getting water on the outside of the machine during the laundering process. The painted parts of all the machines had to be rinsed free of wash water and thoroughly dried after use.
 
Great Ads

These machines really do bring back many memories. Our family had the model#N2L (I still have the owner's manuel) and my grandparents had the J2L.
I noticed the ad stating that it took only a hour or so to do
the laundry LOL. I remember it took my mother about all day
to do laundry, which is why she could only do the wash once
a week.
I believe my mother also stated they had a Maytag model during the late 30s, which
sounds like the multimotor. It had to be place outside
or at least in a "wash house" because of the fumes. I think their model had a
"kick probe" to start the washer. Thanks for sharing.
 

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