Kenmore 24" Washers from c.1960, are they rare?

[scoots]

I was looking at pictures of a vintage (c.1959) mobile home and miraculously the original washer was still in it.

It's a Kenmore c. 1960 narrow (24") washer. I've seen these in the catalog many times but this is the first one I've seen "in the wild".

Are they rare? Does anybody have them in their collection? As I mentioned, I only know them from catalogs.

 

[gansky1]

Don't have one but I know there are a few 24" washers (and dryers) in collections around here.

That's incredible that the washer is still there, is the rest of the home still intact/original?

 

[hippiedoll]

ooooooowwwww.......

a 1959 mobile home?? that sounds pretty cool!! and to find that 1960 24 inch kenmore washer, that is just way cool!!! i have never seen a kenmore washer like this. but than again, i haven't seen too many vintage washers in person. but it definitely does look cute!!!

does the kenmore still work, do you know?? are you planning on getting it??
keep us posted on your cool find!!!

)

 

[bluejay]

I love vintage campers; a lot of them are like little mid century houses with scaled fixtures and appliances. It's delightful.

 

[scoots]

Alas....

The Kenmore washer was the most vintage and interesting of the appliances in the mobile home. It was for sale about a year ago in NC and the photos can be seen in the link.  It was sold and moved to Baltimore.

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thevintagetrailershow.com

 

[scoots]

However...

Tim Blankenship finishes the story:

"This was near me. I looked at it and was terrified. It had the earthly smell of wood framing that had turned to humus, because it had. Water damage, people. It sold last year, got dragged up to Baltimore, and there was a blog with exactly one post by the people who bought it. I think they realized they got in over their heads, because it was really, really rotten once they started digging in."

 

The trailer was last seen in Baltimore. That's too far for me but perhaps somebody in the area might be interested in contacting the blog owners to see if they still have the washer.

 

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csquareddb.com

 

[wayupnorth]

My mother and aunts bought a 24" base Kenmore washer for gram in the early 60's. No backsplash, no controls other than start and shut off timer. She hated it and used her Maytag wringer until they took that away. I still have the wringer and it still works perfect.

 

[kenmoreguy89]

Beautiful! So interesting!

 

[combo52]

24" Wide Kenmores etc.

Neat picture Bill, I have seen quite a few 24" machines over the years, but I am sure they are pretty rare, they couldn't been more than 5% or so of total sales.

We have one 1967 model that even has a self-cleaning lint filter, and I once had one about the same age that had 4 push-buttons on each side of the timer [ used the timer assembly from 63-65 LKM full size washers ], SCF and a timed bleach and softener dispenser.

The coolest 24" machine we have is a 1966 24" wide GE FF washer, this machine has a full width florescent light 2sp clutch and mini-basket, I have never seen another 24" GE.

John L.