philr
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I wish it was of a better quality but it's a beginning.
Now, I'd like to get one of those sets! Not too many were built!
Now, I'd like to get one of those sets! Not too many were built!
I finally found a picture of something I heard about...
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That looks interesting. What brand is it? General Electric?
Speed Queen?
GM-Frigidaire
Thats really cool Phil, Was this only sold in Canada ?, I never saw one that's for sure.
The closest thing I saw was a customer of ours took a 1969 FD gas dryer and put it on a shelf above a KA DD TL washer, he remounted the controls where the kick space trim had been located so it was easy to set the controls.
We replaced both machines with a SQ Gas FL stack about 4 years ago.
John L.
Thats really cool Phil, Was this only sold in Canada ?, I never saw one that's for sure.
The closest thing I saw was a customer of ours took a 1969 FD gas dryer and put it on a shelf above a KA DD TL washer, he remounted the controls where the kick space trim had been located so it was easy to set the controls.
We replaced both machines with a SQ Gas FL stack about 4 years ago.
John L.
philr
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That was only sold in Canada. This is the stacked set that they used in the Habitat67 units. This one seems to be used in a different bathroom so maybe they made more sets. Notice how the dryer is upside down, it seems they just added controls at the front of the cabinet. I guess they did reverse the part where the lint screen is so it won't fall off while opening the door but you can see that the grille in front of it has not been reversed! I'm wondering where the door handle is, probably in the lower right corner of the door. The only Frigidaire dryer I'm aware of with a door that opens like a Maytag dryer with hinges to the left! The washer could be pushed under the dryer when the lid was closed. It looks like there are two handles on the washer cabinet to pull on it.
Wow! Very cool and definitely Holy Grail material.
Late 60s FD Laundry Stack
Cool Phil, now you have to find one, wonder what colors they came in ?
John L.
Cool Phil, now you have to find one, wonder what colors they came in ?
John L.
philr
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If I ever find those, I won't be too picky on the colors! I bet they were mostly white or all white! I like any color anyway!
Learn something new everyday!
Wow I've never seen any reference to Frigidaire building something like this before.
Wow I've never seen any reference to Frigidaire building something like this before.
Ok Phil .....
will you translate it to English for us who are French handicapped.
And I took 4 semesters of french in high school and remember zero of it. Pfft! I think vector mechanics in college took up that memory space. I definitely need a memory upgrade.
will you translate it to English for us who are French handicapped.
And I took 4 semesters of french in high school and remember zero of it. Pfft! I think vector mechanics in college took up that memory space. I definitely need a memory upgrade.
I'd remodel the bathroom for that. How cool.
Basic English translation
This laundry unit (center) represents for architects and developers a solution where to place laundries in row houses (rangees de maison) and tall (apartment) buildings.
Maison de rangée, are town/row houses (also called Brownstones) with only two facades and are attached. However sometimes the buildings at start or end of block will have a third facade that faces a street or avenue.
https://duproprio.com/fr/quebec-rive-nord/maison-en-rangee-de-ville-a-vendre
French verb ranger translates to "put things in place or order". However it is often used to mean "gather around", or to "line up", to "tidy up", "side with", and so forth.
This laundry unit (center) represents for architects and developers a solution where to place laundries in row houses (rangees de maison) and tall (apartment) buildings.
Maison de rangée, are town/row houses (also called Brownstones) with only two facades and are attached. However sometimes the buildings at start or end of block will have a third facade that faces a street or avenue.
https://duproprio.com/fr/quebec-rive-nord/maison-en-rangee-de-ville-a-vendre
French verb ranger translates to "put things in place or order". However it is often used to mean "gather around", or to "line up", to "tidy up", "side with", and so forth.
philr
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Thanks Launderess for translating!
I have been searching for this for a long time and it was in a piece I missed from a PDF from a Newspaper already in my computer for years!
I'll try to find the direct link to that newspaper article.
I have been searching for this for a long time and it was in a piece I missed from a PDF from a Newspaper already in my computer for years!
I'll try to find the direct link to that newspaper article.
philr
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Here's the link to that newspaper. I know it's in French but ai thought that some of you might enjoy seeing ads and other stuff. I just learned from this issue that we had Western stores in Quebec. I'm not sure if they were the same as the US Western Auto stores but maybe some of you could tell!
The Frigidaire stuff is on the pages 32 and 34.
The Frigidaire stuff is on the pages 32 and 34.
Range
In case anyone was wondering, yes the word is derived from Anglo-French and means "a series of things in a line" as in "mountain range" when used as a noun. However just as in French the word can also be a verb.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/range#learn-more
@philr
There are several words in French for "laundry" and much depends (or comes down to) who or how it is being done.
Buanderie normally refers to a laundry room or other dedicated area/space where it is done in a private home, hotel, motel, hostel, etc.. but you do the work yourself
Blanchisserie usually refers to commercial or industrial laundries where one sends washing to be done by others.
Laverie normally refers to laundromats that are self-serve but may also offer washing by the kilo.
Pressing is usually a dry cleaners shop that may or may not offer laundry services as well.
A Lavoir was a big open pool that acted as a place for community laundry before washing machines came along, and for quite awhile afterwards in many areas of France and other French speaking countries.
While above advert in OP refers to a buanderie, my guess is Frigidaire also meant what happens in Europe, Canada and elsewhere then and today. Laundry equipment is located in a bathroom,kitchen, or elsewhere it can be managed, and not a dedicated laundry room.
In case anyone was wondering, yes the word is derived from Anglo-French and means "a series of things in a line" as in "mountain range" when used as a noun. However just as in French the word can also be a verb.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/range#learn-more
@philr
There are several words in French for "laundry" and much depends (or comes down to) who or how it is being done.
Buanderie normally refers to a laundry room or other dedicated area/space where it is done in a private home, hotel, motel, hostel, etc.. but you do the work yourself
Blanchisserie usually refers to commercial or industrial laundries where one sends washing to be done by others.
Laverie normally refers to laundromats that are self-serve but may also offer washing by the kilo.
Pressing is usually a dry cleaners shop that may or may not offer laundry services as well.
A Lavoir was a big open pool that acted as a place for community laundry before washing machines came along, and for quite awhile afterwards in many areas of France and other French speaking countries.
While above advert in OP refers to a buanderie, my guess is Frigidaire also meant what happens in Europe, Canada and elsewhere then and today. Laundry equipment is located in a bathroom,kitchen, or elsewhere it can be managed, and not a dedicated laundry room.
Interesting newspaper
I don't read French, but the ads were fun to see. Except for the language, just about all of them could have appeared in the Cincinnati papers of the time.
I saw Kresge's was having a sale on rosebushes. One advertised was the "Jiminy Cricket", which is a floribunda type. We had one of them in the flowerbed from the time we moved here in '57, until it died about 5 years ago. I had to move it to the back yard due to construction, and I guess it didn't like the new spot. It was my favorite rose. That variety is very hard to find now. I located a place in California that sells them, so hope to get one next year.
I don't read French, but the ads were fun to see. Except for the language, just about all of them could have appeared in the Cincinnati papers of the time.
I saw Kresge's was having a sale on rosebushes. One advertised was the "Jiminy Cricket", which is a floribunda type. We had one of them in the flowerbed from the time we moved here in '57, until it died about 5 years ago. I had to move it to the back yard due to construction, and I guess it didn't like the new spot. It was my favorite rose. That variety is very hard to find now. I located a place in California that sells them, so hope to get one next year.
Interesting for sure!!
Frigidaire in Canada made several special promotional items for the Centennial year as well, but I have never seen one of these Frigidaire laundry centres!!
A not-sure-she-was-really-a-relative 'cousin' of mine lived in one of the Habitat apartments until the early 2000s. I don't know when exactly she moved in, but when I visited over the years, up to and including when she finally moved out, her unit was equipped with 60s Westinghouse appliances. Her laundry machines were stacked 'space-mates' - older style. I can't help but wonder if some of the rental units at Habitat had Westinghouse and purchased units had Frigidaire....
AND when nosing around the storage area in her block, I found a locker with a couple of dozen Westinghouse space-mate washers and dryers. Sigh, I wish I'd inquired more about them....
Frigidaire in Canada made several special promotional items for the Centennial year as well, but I have never seen one of these Frigidaire laundry centres!!
A not-sure-she-was-really-a-relative 'cousin' of mine lived in one of the Habitat apartments until the early 2000s. I don't know when exactly she moved in, but when I visited over the years, up to and including when she finally moved out, her unit was equipped with 60s Westinghouse appliances. Her laundry machines were stacked 'space-mates' - older style. I can't help but wonder if some of the rental units at Habitat had Westinghouse and purchased units had Frigidaire....
AND when nosing around the storage area in her block, I found a locker with a couple of dozen Westinghouse space-mate washers and dryers. Sigh, I wish I'd inquired more about them....
The cabinet of that washer looks like that of the early 60's models, before the 1964 restyling. Did Frigidaire Canada continue with the earlier style for laundry equipment, like they did with ranges?
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