Modern Living: Part Two

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My paternal Grandma had an egg beater (not a Flint) with green painted wooden handles. She also had a Chrome Dormeyer stand mixer that my Uncle Joe bought for her. But she never used the Dormeyer, always the egg beater. She used to make the best Strawberry Shortcake for family dinners in the Summer for about 20 people and I remember her making a huge bowl full of whipped cream in a 6 quart crockery bowl with that egg beater. And she used to whip it up pretty fast too. That egg beater was one of her prized possessions that she acquired during the Depression.

Eddie

 

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Briggs 1957

 

 

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Fir-Tex 1939

 

 

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Electric Outlet Company 1921

 

 

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Sealex 1936

 

 

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Herman Nelson 1927

 

 

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Nesco 1948

 

 

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Dunbar 1951

 

 

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Chromecraft 1948

 

 

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Cyclone Fence 1929

 

 

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Old English 1948

 

 

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Vitrolite 1929

 

 

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Bakelite 1954

 

 

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The Elexits are an interesting idea, but they must not have sold well. I didn't know of them until I saw them in a catalog on Building Technology Heritage Library a few days ago.

I like the kitchen in the Congoleum Sealex ad. The blue floor with border is really nice.

My friend Sam recently got an old kitchen table that looks a lot like the one in the ChromCraft ad. It has the gray cracked ice laminate top, and he bought new Richardson chairs in matching vinyl to go with it.

I wish Vitrolite or the similar Carrara Glass was still made - I've always liked the look it gives to a building.

 

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Ekco 1946

 

 

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Orinoka 1927

 

 

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Plas-Tex 1957

 

 

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Daystrom 1957

 

 

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Crane 1929

 

 

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Pigmented structural glass - Vitrolite

Was very big in 1920's through maybe early 1940's. However use began to die out by 1950's and production ceased worldwide by 1960 IIRC.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigmented_structural_glass

However at least one business is attempting to keep "Vitrolite" alive.

https://newsok.com/article/5443259/...wo-keep-craft-of-vitrolite-installation-alive

Bringing this on home:

"Structural glass received a major boost in 1913 when architect Cass Gilbert clad the restrooms of the Woolworth Building, then the world's tallest structure, in Carrara Glass. But into the 1920s, Vitrolite and its sisters were promoted as utilitarian surfaces for bathrooms, laundries, and kitchens. Furniture makers recommended Sani-Onyx table tops doused with cool water for rolling pastry, while Maytag used Vitrolite-lined tubs as a selling point for its washers."

http://www.victoriansecrets.net/vitro7.html