I'm looking at the lid instructions; Under group B it says 'Heavy Soil', the 'Light Soil', then it says....what? Batiste? Dimty? Organdy? What do those words mean?
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toggleswitch
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I had never heard of these either...........
Batiste: A fine, plain-woven fabric made from various fibers and used especially for clothing
Dimity: A sheer, crisp cotton fabric with raised woven stripes or checks, used chiefly for curtains and dresses.
Organdy: A stiff transparent fabric of cotton or silk, used for trim, curtains, and light apparel.
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Batiste: A fine, plain-woven fabric made from various fibers and used especially for clothing
Dimity: A sheer, crisp cotton fabric with raised woven stripes or checks, used chiefly for curtains and dresses.
Organdy: A stiff transparent fabric of cotton or silk, used for trim, curtains, and light apparel.
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Jimmy - what a cool score! This will be a set sure to please.
Ben
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Thanks Ben, yes its a great set, and especially since it IS a set. I love my sets. Rather hard to find a complete GE set from this era for some reason. The Frigidaires seem to have a higher rate of survival. I dont want to seem rash, but geez, I just wish this set had at least ONE light on it!. Its obviously from the school of thought where "less is more"........I really went to DC to get the full size Hoover set shown in post #6808. That set Im REALLY thrilled with! But this GE set is great too. BTW the date stamped on the timer is Dec 1954, so it is pretty close to being a 1955 set as I initially suspected.......
Spinout, do you have the service/tech info that would help solve what washer we had in my early childhood up in post 135905?
launderess
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Cotton Bastie was common for ladies undergarments (slips, night gowns, etc), as well as baby's gowns,sheets, and other nursery items.
While both organdy and dimity were popular for curtians, both were often used for those puffed sleeved sheer blouses ladies and little girls wore from the 1940's through 1950's. Also because both materials were somewhat stiff, they also were great for pouffy dresses, worn by girls and ladies during those same periods. Last use was for fancy aprons and pinafores, also popular during the period. Think Mrs. June Cleaver serving tea or whatever it was she did all dressed up on a starched shirtwaist dress, pearls and high heels. It certianly wasn't house work,that is what "Dahlia", "Beulah", or whatever their "girl" or cleaner was called. *LOL*
L.
While both organdy and dimity were popular for curtians, both were often used for those puffed sleeved sheer blouses ladies and little girls wore from the 1940's through 1950's. Also because both materials were somewhat stiff, they also were great for pouffy dresses, worn by girls and ladies during those same periods. Last use was for fancy aprons and pinafores, also popular during the period. Think Mrs. June Cleaver serving tea or whatever it was she did all dressed up on a starched shirtwaist dress, pearls and high heels. It certianly wasn't house work,that is what "Dahlia", "Beulah", or whatever their "girl" or cleaner was called. *LOL*
L.
Wow, they certainly did a lot of laundry in hot water back then. I would never put clothes in hot water! (just sheets, towels and underwear) Maybe people wore clothes multiple times inbetween washings and so they had to use hot water to get them clean?
launderess
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Most everything was washed in hot water because legions of houswives had been told it gave the best cleaning performace, and provided a sanitary wash. What woman would risk putting the health of her family in jeopardy by washing in warm or *gasp*, cold water. *LOL*
Before enzyme detergents, when laundering with soap and or the new "detergents" hotter water temps did provide best cleaning, especially of oils, grime and muck. Some soaps like Fels, and detergents that were petrol based did a reasonably good job at cleaning in cold water, but in general soap and many detergents of the day not only did not clean well in cooler water, they did not disslove/rinse well either. This was also the era of hot wash and warm rinse, a setting you'd be hard pressed to find anywhere on today's washing machines.
It should be noted that up until around the late 1950's or so, many bed/table linens, shirts, undergarments (non dainties of course), and the like were all designed to be laundered in hot water, even jeans. Textiles were woven differently, and sized to allow shrinkage.
Before enzyme detergents, when laundering with soap and or the new "detergents" hotter water temps did provide best cleaning, especially of oils, grime and muck. Some soaps like Fels, and detergents that were petrol based did a reasonably good job at cleaning in cold water, but in general soap and many detergents of the day not only did not clean well in cooler water, they did not disslove/rinse well either. This was also the era of hot wash and warm rinse, a setting you'd be hard pressed to find anywhere on today's washing machines.
It should be noted that up until around the late 1950's or so, many bed/table linens, shirts, undergarments (non dainties of course), and the like were all designed to be laundered in hot water, even jeans. Textiles were woven differently, and sized to allow shrinkage.
launderess
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And Furthermore To That
Now you understand why there was so much ironing! All those heavy cottons/linens and all that hot water made for some badly wrinkled laundry! *LOL*
Now you understand why there was so much ironing! All those heavy cottons/linens and all that hot water made for some badly wrinkled laundry! *LOL*
Badly wrinkled
and FADED too! Jeez.
My Mom always obsessed about having her laundry come out of the washer unwrinkled. I could never understand what difference that made, since she was going to iron everything anyway. But she crowed and crowed about how clothes came out so wrinkle free when she used the Wash and Wear cycle on her new 1968 Whirlpool with cold water. Unwrinkled they might have been, but they weren't clean because of its slow agitation with cold water, and they came out sopping wet because it used slow spin. Then by the time they finally drip dried in the basement, they were sour too. I hated that machine! And to this day I still can't understand why people love BD Whirlpools.
and FADED too! Jeez.
My Mom always obsessed about having her laundry come out of the washer unwrinkled. I could never understand what difference that made, since she was going to iron everything anyway. But she crowed and crowed about how clothes came out so wrinkle free when she used the Wash and Wear cycle on her new 1968 Whirlpool with cold water. Unwrinkled they might have been, but they weren't clean because of its slow agitation with cold water, and they came out sopping wet because it used slow spin. Then by the time they finally drip dried in the basement, they were sour too. I hated that machine! And to this day I still can't understand why people love BD Whirlpools.
Because they are better than a Maytag.
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Congratulations Jimmy...very nice set! It's strange seeing that familiar Activator without the filter mount on it!
What really intrigues me though is that 2-belt clutch! How on earth did that work? I'm assuming it shifted the power between the two belts depending on the direction the motor was turning, similar to the Multimatic?
--Austin
What really intrigues me though is that 2-belt clutch! How on earth did that work? I'm assuming it shifted the power between the two belts depending on the direction the motor was turning, similar to the Multimatic?
--Austin
Austin, because ours was a non-ff, this looks so very normal to me.
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Jimmy,
What a great set you have found! And a set no less!!!
I would say that this is so rare!
They are in beautiful shape!
Thanks for the pictures.
Brent
What a great set you have found! And a set no less!!!
I would say that this is so rare!
They are in beautiful shape!
Thanks for the pictures.
Brent
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Thanks Brent!, Bring some dirty laundry and come and play with them sometime. BTW my new GE Wall Refrigerator is almost up on the wall, I remember how much you loved the other ratty one that I had. This one is much nicer!
Spinout, it as posted on June 15th at 21:32 within this thread. Has the post # on it too. it's in this discfussion. I don't wanna have to copyu it and put it down here too.
Appnut, Got it. I feel kind of stupid because I previously read that post, but didn't make the connection... And I discovered that a search on a post# will not return a result.
Anyway, you referred to the "...FF Jon Charles has...". I was trying to locate a pic of that machine on this site, but I didn't see it in his collection photos. Maybe I'm missing it again, but if you can direct me to a pic (or send one) that will help.
Joe
Anyway, you referred to the "...FF Jon Charles has...". I was trying to locate a pic of that machine on this site, but I didn't see it in his collection photos. Maybe I'm missing it again, but if you can direct me to a pic (or send one) that will help.
Joe
Joe, I"ve emailed Jon to ask him if he has a pic of the machine and have him post it here. We'll have to see. Gasnky1 had it b4 Jon, but I don't know if Greg took any pics or not. Will have to be patient.
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