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What a kind offer and who knows I just might. I can see it now: KNOCK-KNOCK-KNOCK...or better yet...DING DONG! "Yes?!" "Hi, can I look at y'all's appliances?" "Huh?" "Your vintage appliances?! I'm one of the vintage appliances blog members!" "Oh! Yeah, uh sure!" :)
 
CF: I'm back looking at the appliances again. On the O'Keefe where the knobs are, what is that little drawer? Is it a grease trap for the griddle and is that cover on the griddle original or was it originally white also? That pink Hotpoint frige is tough and what did you say happened to the turquois frige? I knew someone that had that turquois frige, but in white. Us Southerners were so conservative. I only knew one family when I was growing that had appliances of color - chocolate. Loved 'em. Thought they were neat, BUT if I had happened into someone's kitchen that had turquois or pink appliances, I would have had an orgasm not knowing what was happening to me!!!!!!
 
My mom was from Virginia

And very conservative, part of the reason for the endless string of white appliances here. They cost less, and the more time goes by, I'm gladder my parents were so careful with money. But, I have to have color in the kitchen, appliancewise, while I'm still able to enjoy it.

 

Alan: (knock knock knock ding dong bAm BAM......)

Countryford: (after fifteen minutes)Wha...who.....

Alan: I'mheretoseeyourappliancesIwassoexcitedtogettheinvitationIdrovefortenhourstogethereIloveturquoiseandpinkcanIco

meinandseeeverything

Countryford(fully awake) But it's TWO O'CLOCK in the MORNING!!

Alan: WELL!!! BE that WAY!!

(stomps back to car and leaves in a huff)

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Retromania - welcome to AW! You will be amazed by the vast knowledge of the members here. I've learned so much about my appliances since I joined this fun and supportive group!

Yes, Frigidaire made ranges with "french doors" - I have one (1956 model - I think). It's still sitting in a storage locker, but I have plans to install it one of these days. Here's a photo:

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Ok now. My mothe's 40 inch Frigidaire which was sort of similar in appearance, the oven would actually pull out and rest on the door for easy cleaning. My mother being a dedicated housewife had that thing pulled out all the time. Wait, that sounded kind of well you know. She cleaned the oven all the time.
 
The cabinets were bought from Home depot. We put them in about two years ago. I did all the tile work as well. On the stove that is a greas trap. There is two more under the burners. And that is how the griddle would have looked originally, but just shinier.
 
In the old t.v. series Bewitched, they had a Frigidaire refrigerator in their kitchen with the push button automatic open feature. I think it was a pale yellow. Kind of hard to tell. Anyway, it was tough. I don't remember any vintage appliances of the period in almond. Had a childhood friend who's parents had the same frige, but in chocolate.
 
When we bought the house we had to replace the cabinets in the kitchen. I had wanted to find vintage metal kitchen cabinets, but couldn't find any at the time. Then after we finished our kitchen, thats when I started finding the cabinets. Maybe one day I'll redo the kitchen again. LOL
 
"Monkey Ward"

From the late 70's to the early 80's, my sister was the switchboard operator at the Montgomery Ward store in Kokomo, Indiana. Thanks to her employee discount, just about every appliance in her house was a Montgomery Ward "Signature" brand. My dad always used MW paint. He thought it was the best. I liked using it, too. Good memories! The MW name lives on as an Internet shopping site--nothing like the old store.
 
In the 1960's when I was a little kid, we did not have a mall. We had shopping centers and one was really decent. To go to "the mall" you drove 30 minutes north of my town to The McALister Square Mall in Greenville, SC. It had three big anchor stores: Ivey's, Myers-Arnold and Belk-Simpson. Like your family we would go several times a year. When mom moved to an apartment at an assisted living and we closed out her house, I kept a set of Fieldcrest towles that were purchased at Ivey's in the 1960's. Since they were guest towels they were monogrammed so they were mailed to Atlanta, embroidered and then mailed to her here in Anderson. That was a lot handling, but people thought nothing of it! Montgomery Ward came to Greenville later when the Greenville Mall was built. Now the Greenville Mall and McAlister Square Mall are gone and there a newer mall on the north side of Greenville that is getting a little age on it now. It had been upgraded a couple times and it is still really nice. Do you have any more vintage photos of malls around the nation, etc?
 
I can't find any pix of our 60's Penneys in color.

 

It was a big deal when it opened.  This modern building in a suburban mall surpassed the big downtown store in square footage, and no doubt siphoned off customers, triggering downtown's closing some years later.

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A closer shot from 43 years ago.  I recognize this as the back & side of the same building above.

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The articles related to the pictures above contain a little bit of fun merchandising information.

 

Penney's is long gone from this location.  Upstairs became Burlington Coat and downstairs Home Express.  Nordstrom Rack came in after HE folded.

 

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Cornnut regarding Palm Beach Mall fountain

Unfortunately, I don't personally recall the fountain, it is likely a glycerin type though. They had a fantastic record store, and the Salon Of Music, the Magnavox dealer. I wish I could remember anything more about the place, and I don't remember when we stopped making the trips down there.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_Beach_Mall
 
And did you know for a time Montgomery Ward was owned by Mobil Oil?
I think another reason Dixie Square Mall failed was the area it was located in.
Just horrible.

Some malls just have to be redeveloped to survive. Meyerland Park here in Houston was one such mall. It used to be an internal mall and they redeveloped it into an external mall. All entrances to the stores are now from the outside, rather than the inside.
 
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