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Part One:

http://www.automaticwasher.org/c...

 

<strong>Part Two:</strong>

<strong><strong>https://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?76909</strong></strong>

 

<strong><strong><strong><strong>Part Three:</strong></strong></strong></strong>

<strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>https://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?76970</strong></strong></strong></strong></strong>

 

<strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Part Four:</strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong>

<strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>https://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?77155</strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong>

 

<strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Part Five:</strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong>

<strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>https://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?78035</strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong>

 

<strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Part Six:</strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong>

<strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>https://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?79534</strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong>

 

<strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Part Seven:</strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong>

<strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>https://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?80201</strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong>

 

<strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Part Eight:</strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong>

<strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>https://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?80946</strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong>

 

<strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Part Nine:</strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong>

<strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>https://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?82737</strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong>

 

<strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Part Ten:</strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong>

<strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>https://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?83717</strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong>

 

<strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Part Eleven:</strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong>

<strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>https://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?85297</strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong>

 

<strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Part Twelve:</strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong>

<strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>https://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?89322</strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong>

 

<strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>Part Thirteen:</strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong>

<strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong><strong>https://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?92311</strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong></strong>
 
Re: #7 and 10

Love this Levitt Home ad! My aunt and uncle bought a brand new 3 bed 2 bath track home in a sub division named “Whitecliff” in 1956 for $11,500.00 and their payment was $80.00 a mo.

Now compare that to the Stiffel pole lamp in 1957 that was “just” $39.95! Mien Gott en Himmell, that’s 1/2 of a mortgage payment for the average Joe and Jane American in 1957! Granted this lamp was on the cutting edge for ‘57, but thats a lotta dough, ray, me when the minimum wage was $1.00 and hour. Effectively, a whole 40 hrs of work to pay for this fancy pole lamp.

Eddie[this post was last edited: 5/8/2023-17:18]

https://www.infoplease.com/business/labor/annual-federal-minimum-wage-rates-1955-2021
 
Re: #8

My Mom’s parents bought a New Moon mobile home in ‘64 with a pop out like the one in this ad. It was yellow and white. They bought it in Hayward, Calif. and had it set up in a park there. Then in ‘70 grandma had a severe heart attack and Mom and her 3 sisters thought it would be better if Grandma and Grandpa didn’t live so far away from the rest of the family, so the New Moon was moved up to a mobile home park in Petaluma, Calif.

Grandma passed away in ‘73 and Grandpa passed in ‘76. Mom and her sisters sold the New Moon to a single woman. Two years ago I drove through that mobile home park, and I’ll be damned if that New Moon wasn’t still there in the same space and still looked just like it did when it was moved to that space in ‘70! A testament to the quality of products built in America almost 60 years ago!

Eddie
 
New Moon was the manufacturer of the home in the 1954 movie "The Long, Long Trailer", starring Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. I think they were one of the better brands of mobile homes. There is a MH park I pass by often that has several older (50's - early 60's) homes. My parents owned a mobile home during the time my dad was in the army during the Korean War, but don't recall the brand. They had it in Elizabethtown, KY and Leesville, LA.
 
That 1906 Sy-Clo toilet looks like the one that was in the house my friends Sam and Sharon were renting when I first knew them (around 1990). That house was built sometime between 1900 and 1910, and the upstairs bathroom still had all the original fixtures.

The church I belong to had Fiberglas drapes in one of the rooms, dating to the 1959 construction of that portion of the building. My mom was in charge of getting them cleaned sometime in the late 60's. She took them to a dry cleaners, and they shredded when cleaning was attempted.

Concrete masonry houses never really caught on much around here, not like in Florida, anyway. Only one I know of in my neighborhood, and it belongs to my friend Marilyn. It was built in 1956, and has brick facing. It is a very quiet home. It has wood floor joists for the first floor and attic, rather than concrete slabs.

I remember seeing Sheila MacRae in the Hollywood fashion show episode of "I Love Lucy", and also in the "Jackie Gleason Show".
 
Reply 16

Thank you!  I wish these bulbs were still sold in grocery stores. Yes modern bulbs are offered in a variety of color temperatures, but the light from these is so soft, hypnotic, delicious and in the moment no modern bulb can replicate the ambiance or atmosphere. 

 

Does anyone know if these were A-19 or A-21 shaped? A-21 bulbs with tint always get me in bear sockets.

 
 
My apologies for the lack of clarity here- ceiling mounted lamp holders in laundry areas, garages, closets, attics, mud rooms, furnace rooms, ect. I love what I coined the "gumdrop bulb" look. A bulb with a blue or pinkish coating, preferably A-21 in size. In 2009 the place I moved into had a windowed closet with a GE reveal bulb screwed into the lamp holder. It caught me by surprise and since then I've always liked the look of colored bulbs in these shad-less sockets. Just the thought entering the room and seeing the color sets the feelings for me.

 

Generic socket >>>

 

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