Kenmore Dryer vintage year?

[mayfairpink]

Hi,

Does anyone know what year this dryer is? Does the panel light up? It looks newer than 20 yrs. but then again I'm not very knowledgeable about old dryers. Thanks.

 

[swestoyz]

1958 Kenmore 4 Star dryer. Yes - the panel does light up.

Ben

 

[mayfairpink]

Thank you Ben. Anyone has advert for 50's Kenmore washers dryers?

 

[swestoyz]

Sears didn't put out a ton of advertisements outside of the catalog. However, a similar dryer was found as a set last year in case you're interested in some more glam photos of the dryer.

http://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?71744

 

[mayfairpink]

Thank you Ben for the link, that is one beautiful set. The seller did not reply to my inquiry so I'm still looking.

Hue

 

[appnut]

What was the meaning of "4 Star"?

 

[combo52]

4 Star

Was an earlier designation that Sears put on products that their testing lab and sales department though were great products because of Price and unsurpassed performance. Later 4 star disappeared and Sears used the phrase  Sears Best .

 

Does anyone know when this change occurred, I don't know exactly maybe sometime in the mid 60s.

 

John L.