Is this the first Westinghouse Dryer?

[moparwash]

At a local antique place, it resembles the first-ever Laundromat in many ways with the fluted cabinet and the control knob. Ill have to go see it this week, link is to the facebook marketplace ad, might not work if your are not on FB

https://www.facebook.com/marketplac...wse_serp:391da4c6-ca47-4398-bd2f-f84a63dfc6dc

 

[classiccaprice]

It is an early one...

It is probably a 1948-ish model. Their first dryer came out after the war as a 46 model. The 46/47 model looked like this...

Photo from maytag77 out of the archives...

https://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?57349

 

[classiccaprice]

Here's a 49 model. I want to say 1950 they switched to a black circle to more closely match the washer with the window.

I'm not sure when the white knobs switched to red.

 

[wayupnorth]

I had a friend that his grandparents gave them the same model as Reply 1. It still ran fine but you could burn your hand touching the top.