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GE 1972 Appliances Catalogue Scan!!!
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scrubflex
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FANTASTIC!!!
I've been waiting for more information, pics and year for these washers. Thanks for the scans
I've been waiting for more information, pics and year for these washers. Thanks for the scans
toploader55
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Nothing Like Memories
On Christmas Day the way things used to be.
Thanks for the Scans. And Merry Christmas to All. Eddie
On Christmas Day the way things used to be.
Thanks for the Scans. And Merry Christmas to All. Eddie
andy
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Brings back memories
Those are some really awesome scans! I'd love to see them bring back the filter-flo and mini basket in the GE washers. Unfortunately, it probably won't ever happen. I don't know though, they say that everything comes back, eventually.
Those are some really awesome scans! I'd love to see them bring back the filter-flo and mini basket in the GE washers. Unfortunately, it probably won't ever happen. I don't know though, they say that everything comes back, eventually.
Enjoyed looking at this - thanks for sharing it. Didn't see any of the 40" ranges, nor bottom freezer refrigerators. I'm rather certain they were still making them as my cousins got a GE B.F. fridge in Coppertone in late '73.
Only a "greatest hits" brochure. And a bit of a time
There were very few bottom-freezer models offered in 1972 ( I remember one model only. It had no icemaker and very few features. They weren't popular during these years); I remember this because my parents would have preferred one to the top-freezer model they bought around this time. They were much more invested in "Side by Sides" during this era. These "portfolio" catalogs NEVER listed the complete GE line.
There were several models of 40" stoves at the time. The stove pictured below was a wonderful TOL with all the features of the other TOL's. Again, GE was much more interested in selling new customers their "Hi-Lo" double oven ranges but they were smart enough to cover their bases for replacement stove customers. Also, you may have noticed there was a color photo of a top-loading portable inside the cover but no portable dishwashers were featured in the catalog. Portable sales were beginning to ebb as more and more customers were either building first time kitchens or remodeling existing kitchens with built-ins.
These brochures were designed for builders and were used in the Sweet's catalogs.
There were very few bottom-freezer models offered in 1972 ( I remember one model only. It had no icemaker and very few features. They weren't popular during these years); I remember this because my parents would have preferred one to the top-freezer model they bought around this time. They were much more invested in "Side by Sides" during this era. These "portfolio" catalogs NEVER listed the complete GE line.
There were several models of 40" stoves at the time. The stove pictured below was a wonderful TOL with all the features of the other TOL's. Again, GE was much more interested in selling new customers their "Hi-Lo" double oven ranges but they were smart enough to cover their bases for replacement stove customers. Also, you may have noticed there was a color photo of a top-loading portable inside the cover but no portable dishwashers were featured in the catalog. Portable sales were beginning to ebb as more and more customers were either building first time kitchens or remodeling existing kitchens with built-ins.
These brochures were designed for builders and were used in the Sweet's catalogs.
geextrarinse
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These are great!
Thanks for posting - is there a way that all these catalogues can be put in the archive section? it would be great to have them in one place?!
Thanks for posting - is there a way that all these catalogues can be put in the archive section? it would be great to have them in one place?!
Filter Flo
The good memories of my mother's 1957 Filter-Flo Suds Return Washer, was the "slimey"(sic) reviews of Consumer Reports who complained every year they tested a Filter Flo, about the icky globs of lint left in the filter basket. Stationary tubs were always clean, and no plugged trap or drain. Next house came with a Kenmore that covered the inside of the stationary tub with dried dryer slime, plugged the trap;then the drain; took advice to put a nylon stocking over end of drain hose to filter lint out; only problem was no one mentioned to change the stocking very often, or the lint trapping slimy stocking ,would get sucked into the drain outlet, and the drain water ontop of the wash water going into a tub with the outlet clogged by the lint-trapping stocking caused an overflow , that would cause the stocking suggester to earn deserved ire! joeyk
The good memories of my mother's 1957 Filter-Flo Suds Return Washer, was the "slimey"(sic) reviews of Consumer Reports who complained every year they tested a Filter Flo, about the icky globs of lint left in the filter basket. Stationary tubs were always clean, and no plugged trap or drain. Next house came with a Kenmore that covered the inside of the stationary tub with dried dryer slime, plugged the trap;then the drain; took advice to put a nylon stocking over end of drain hose to filter lint out; only problem was no one mentioned to change the stocking very often, or the lint trapping slimy stocking ,would get sucked into the drain outlet, and the drain water ontop of the wash water going into a tub with the outlet clogged by the lint-trapping stocking caused an overflow , that would cause the stocking suggester to earn deserved ire! joeyk
Hi, I know this is an old thread, but I have the same oven as you bajaespuma, model J479002AV, but I can not find any info anywhere. Do you by chance have manual/link to manual/etc.? I emailed GE to find out more info, but nothing comes up with model or serial number. Thanks!
There is something funny about the washer WWA9500N. There is no matching dryer shown. It might be the big mouth dryer that is hinted at, but there is not a picture or model # given and they say to match the washer with a 9200 dryer that does not have the horizontal button arrangement.
I have a dryer from 1968, model #DE1220D2 that is not an Americana, but a CUSTOM with a nice big plastic blob in the trim piece on the front of the top that says "Custom" and a V in the center at the top of the control panel where these 1972 models say Americana. It has electronic control and the control panel is very similar to the WWA9500N. I had to replace a $60.00 board to make the sensor dry work. The other day, I looked at the date on the back of it marking when John and I rebuilt it and it was in 2002. I have been using it winters since then and had no idea it has been 12 years. Amazing.
I have a dryer from 1968, model #DE1220D2 that is not an Americana, but a CUSTOM with a nice big plastic blob in the trim piece on the front of the top that says "Custom" and a V in the center at the top of the control panel where these 1972 models say Americana. It has electronic control and the control panel is very similar to the WWA9500N. I had to replace a $60.00 board to make the sensor dry work. The other day, I looked at the date on the back of it marking when John and I rebuilt it and it was in 2002. I have been using it winters since then and had no idea it has been 12 years. Amazing.
A nice year.
For some reason that only the designers in Louisville knew, they only offered a perfect dryer match for the programmed washer in 1968. Maybe they were trying to market the big-door dryer as a mate to many other models, but the 1968 TOL pair were particularly well matched and designed. IIRC they were the only vintage that offered controls on the panel that were translucent so that when the panel light was on, all of the text surrounding the buttons and dials were illuminated and very easy to see and read. Nice vintage even if this was a year with a Straight-6.
For some reason that only the designers in Louisville knew, they only offered a perfect dryer match for the programmed washer in 1968. Maybe they were trying to market the big-door dryer as a mate to many other models, but the 1968 TOL pair were particularly well matched and designed. IIRC they were the only vintage that offered controls on the panel that were translucent so that when the panel light was on, all of the text surrounding the buttons and dials were illuminated and very easy to see and read. Nice vintage even if this was a year with a Straight-6.
