Lets talk quality ranges!

[norgeway]

Brown!!

Is the only family owned range manufacturer left in the U S, Cleveland Tennessee, I have been by the factory,it looks old and run down,but still operating,The giant modern Hardwick plant in Cleveland is now Whirlpools range plant!

 

[goatfarmer]

Brown Stove Works

has a great website!

http://www.brownstoveworksinc.com/index.htm

 

[58limited]

Here is an ad I found for my Chambers Imperial, about mid-1930s:

 

[gansky1]

That Brown in turquoise is very cool. We had friends years ago that were living in a trailer while building their own log cabin home in the hills along the Missouri river in Iowa. They had this range and a matching refrigerator (can't recall the brand now) but theirs were yellow. They had a nice fan above the range - you could see the ground outside the spinning (knives) blades! (sorry, Peter, it is a range thread after all ;-)

 

[gansky1]

1959 Frigidaire RCI-75-59

This Frigidaire is a gorgeous range, just spectacular - like all turquoise usually is. I had this in the kitchen until a couple of weeks ago when I switched it out with the 57 pink GE. Change them like handbags for the season? Perhaps, but they are both too pretty to choose between them...

 

[gansky1]

Here is the 1957 GE. The kitchen remodel - woods, colors, etc. were pretty much planned and executed around this range.

 

[petek]

wow Greg your kitchen looks great. I love those cabinets and handles.

 

[peteski50]

40 inch ranges!

Greg your kitchen looks great with either the Frigidaire or GE range and I love the cabinets!
Peter

 

[peteski50]

Hardwick 1977!

This is a cool one

 

[peteski50]

Tappan 1977!

This one is cool but if the stove or the microwave breaks you are stuck with the other. They show 3 verisions 2 electrics and one gas with only continious cleaning in the gas.

 

[peteski50]

Tappanelectric1953

This looks like a nice 30 inch model for that era!

 

[peteski50]

Westinghouse!

I LOVE this Oven!

 

[peteski50]

Tappan1969!

This one looks to have a warmer on top with a continous cleaning oven! Nice styling! I also like the fact the broiler is in the oven. I never liked broiler drawers below!

 

[peteski50]

Crown!

We had this one in the 70's in a apartment in New Jersey
Nice the broiler was Above the oven and continous cleaning - nicely styled!

 

[peteski50]

Crown!

Updates!

 

[peteski50]

Crown!

Other model!

 

[peteski50]

Crown!

update!

 

[goatfarmer]

I always thought Crown ranges were built in Chicago. Guess not!

 

[norgeway]

Crown..

Was built in Chicago for many years,Gray and Dudley was an Off Brand as we say in the south,how they got control of Crown is a mystery to me as Crown was rather high end .

 

[spookiness]

Brown, "elderly/handicapped"

WRT the above posting about Brown ranges.
After perusing the online catalog, I can't discern the difference between their regular line and their "elderly/handicapped" offerings.

Anyone have any insight?