Modern Living: Part Eleven

[kd12]

Cannon 1927

The colors and illustrations in the Cannon Towels ad from 1927 look like something from the 1960s, 40 years ahead of its time.

 

[jamiel]

We had those American Standard toilets in our house growing up built in about 1960. The "cannon" of the flushing mechanism worked nicely (never getting hung up) but the gasket at the bottom hooked over a flange which proved kind of delicate and we ruined one (and of course the "cannon" wasn't available any longer).

 

[Ultramatic]

 

 

Part 12:

Modern Living: Part Twelve

Advertisements for homes and products up to 1979. Traditionally built & manufactured homes, building materials, furniture, lighting, plumbing fixtures, flooring, decor, non-electric housewares, home linens, kitchenware, cleaning products, in short, everything that made the home modern...

www.automaticwasher.org

 

[DADoES]

 
#95 ... we had a pulley fixture in the 1964 house much like C but brass finish.

 

[circlew]

We never had a pull-down light, but they were all the rage in the 50's. Neighbors around the corner built their house in '53 or '54, and put one above their kitchen table. They were the ones with a Kelvinator range and refrigerator.

 

[appnut]

My parents enclosed a screened porch that became our "den" which also had the casual eating table. We had a pulldown light fixture. My aunt & uncle built a new house in 1958/1959 and had a pulldown light fixture in their breakfast room and remained there the entire time they owned the house, which was until the late 1990s or so.

 

[wayupnorth]

I still have a pull down Tole lamp over my table.