keiththomas
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Hi does anyone know when the automatic dishawasher was introduced in the USA I think the late 1930's but I cannot find any literature and was in Westinghouse.
First Ever American Domestic Dishwasher
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laundromat
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Kitchenaid
Nope it was not the Kitchenaid
Hobart introduced the first Kitchen Aid Dishwasher for home use in 1949 and I know GE was making automatic dishwashers before that...I am not sure GE was the first but they could be but I do know they beat Hobart...PAT COFFEY
Hobart introduced the first Kitchen Aid Dishwasher for home use in 1949 and I know GE was making automatic dishwashers before that...I am not sure GE was the first but they could be but I do know they beat Hobart...PAT COFFEY
Didn't Westinghouse have a roll in having one before WW II?
I believe Westinghouse was the first to have an automatic timer in the late 30's.
Check out this thread...
www.automaticwasher.org
Check out this thread...
Early Mechanical Dishwashing
I recently found some new information on the Walker Dishwasher Company that I thought was very cool and wanted to share this with the club. As some of you might know the Walker Dishwasher was the very first successful home dishwasher in the US. In 1930 the Walker Dishwasher Company was bought...
www.automaticwasher.org
keiththomas
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Thank as basically I was right the USA Pioneered dishwasher which european manufacturers copied.
miele_ge
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what about the Kohler Electric Sinks of the 1920's
here is a photo of an ad for one.
here is a photo of an ad for one.
Conover
From what I have heard Westinghouse bought Conover so that they could produce there version of the dishwasher. Here is an early portable Conover from the late 20's early 30's that I am in the process of purchasing from Travis. The photo is from when Retroroy purchased it in November of 2009.
From what I have heard Westinghouse bought Conover so that they could produce there version of the dishwasher. Here is an early portable Conover from the late 20's early 30's that I am in the process of purchasing from Travis. The photo is from when Retroroy purchased it in November of 2009.
keiththomas
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Well thank you all fascinating and showed the United States where far ahead of us in Europe. is there a book that covers American appliances the history of dishwasher and other appliances like washers and dryers
Miele came out in 1929 with the first dishwasher. Here's the brochure of an early Miele dishwasher.
Advised was using boiling water or at least near boiling...
Circular loading.
And the last page with the model line up.
Well . . .
Who designed and manufactured the first dishwasher has a lot to do with your definition of dishwasher, but there were hand-cranked machines for washing dishes in the latter part of the 19th century. I've always enjoyed the story of Josephine Cochrane, who had as much claim as anyone to being considered the inventor of the successful electric dishwasher. Her most successful machines were for commercial installation, but she did market home dishwashers, and it was home use that drove her into the dishwasher business in the first place. Her company was eventually absorbed into Hobart and so Kitchenaid can trace the roots of their dishwashers back to Josephine Cochrane's work.
Who designed and manufactured the first dishwasher has a lot to do with your definition of dishwasher, but there were hand-cranked machines for washing dishes in the latter part of the 19th century. I've always enjoyed the story of Josephine Cochrane, who had as much claim as anyone to being considered the inventor of the successful electric dishwasher. Her most successful machines were for commercial installation, but she did market home dishwashers, and it was home use that drove her into the dishwasher business in the first place. Her company was eventually absorbed into Hobart and so Kitchenaid can trace the roots of their dishwashers back to Josephine Cochrane's work.
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1939 NY World's Fair
I saw a PBS program that covered some highlights of the fair. One of them was Westinghouse's pavilion, which involved a time capsule that was buried with artifacts of the time. (Another was buried next to it at the time of the 1964-65 fair.) Some of their home appliances were featured and demonstrated, one of which was a dishwasher. The narration didn't remark if the machines were available to the consumer market yet, or just glimpses of "things to come".
I saw a PBS program that covered some highlights of the fair. One of them was Westinghouse's pavilion, which involved a time capsule that was buried with artifacts of the time. (Another was buried next to it at the time of the 1964-65 fair.) Some of their home appliances were featured and demonstrated, one of which was a dishwasher. The narration didn't remark if the machines were available to the consumer market yet, or just glimpses of "things to come".
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1938 Hotpoint ad
I have an October, 1938 copy of "House Beautiful" magazine that has a full page color ad for a Hotpoint Electric Kitchen...stove, refrigerator, water heater and an electric sink, complete with dishwasher and disposer.....I guess all of these miracles were ready for consumer sales, but before they would catch on....WWII had to be won.....
I have an October, 1938 copy of "House Beautiful" magazine that has a full page color ad for a Hotpoint Electric Kitchen...stove, refrigerator, water heater and an electric sink, complete with dishwasher and disposer.....I guess all of these miracles were ready for consumer sales, but before they would catch on....WWII had to be won.....
behzad
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and what about us?dishwasher has been introducing in Iran since 1960!
i guess by AEG and GE.
i guess by AEG and GE.
Salaam Behzad
I haven't noticed you posting here before. If you are a newby welcome to this site.
Nice dishwasher. Though AEG had no connection with GE in the US, but the abbreviation stands for general electric (society) and is German; dating back to the late 1800s.
I haven't noticed you posting here before. If you are a newby welcome to this site.
Nice dishwasher. Though AEG had no connection with GE in the US, but the abbreviation stands for general electric (society) and is German; dating back to the late 1800s.
Why Americans...
...were ahead of Europe in home appliances and other things for much of the 20th century.
Had 20th century history panned out differently, who knows what could have happened and who would have had what when. Europe, during the first half of the 20th century, had some pretty intense existentialist issues to deal with. WWI & II significantly affected social and economic progress there. Economies and industrial infrastructures had to be rebuilt and that took time. Europe also suffered a significant brain drain before, during and after WWII - which benefitted the US greatly.
The fact that America was a meritocracy from the word go and far more enthusiastic about embracing new ways, led to a wealthier and faster growing middle-class than in pre-WWII Europe. Even Charles Dickens noted this during his travels through the US in the 1800s. It's a cultural thing.
Let us not forget that after WWII America was intact and able to crank up its own domestic economic growth and development instantly.
Other issues like access to resources, space, good, affordable housing, sanitation, economic growth/policies, social stability, access to education; all of these contributed greatly to the fact that American housewives were able to enjoy appliances before their European counterparts.
...were ahead of Europe in home appliances and other things for much of the 20th century.
Had 20th century history panned out differently, who knows what could have happened and who would have had what when. Europe, during the first half of the 20th century, had some pretty intense existentialist issues to deal with. WWI & II significantly affected social and economic progress there. Economies and industrial infrastructures had to be rebuilt and that took time. Europe also suffered a significant brain drain before, during and after WWII - which benefitted the US greatly.
The fact that America was a meritocracy from the word go and far more enthusiastic about embracing new ways, led to a wealthier and faster growing middle-class than in pre-WWII Europe. Even Charles Dickens noted this during his travels through the US in the 1800s. It's a cultural thing.
Let us not forget that after WWII America was intact and able to crank up its own domestic economic growth and development instantly.
Other issues like access to resources, space, good, affordable housing, sanitation, economic growth/policies, social stability, access to education; all of these contributed greatly to the fact that American housewives were able to enjoy appliances before their European counterparts.
