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Marty,

 

Those pink and blue Frigi's looks so elegant/decadent sitting there in their majesty, like something at the mansion in "Grey Gardens." Amazing.

 

But that stainless steel beast in #17. So striking, what is it? Hope Eddy doesn't see the once beautiful Speed Queen #19, like his still is, in such dire straits. Too traumatizing.

So many coin-ops! Looks like everybody's there, even a Whirlpool. Thanks for the tour.

 

EDIT: Was gonna call this coin-op Heaven, but Purgatory would be more apt, certainly not Hell--it's way too cool for that!
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[this post was last edited: 12/2/2011-13:04]
 
The Coin Op Frigidaire....

Hey Guys

That is the model that was in Frigidaire Equipped Washeterias over here, one of my earliest appliance memories is Mum sitting me on top of one and letting me pour the powder down the agitator in our local one.....

Seamus

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The Frigidaire coin-op machine in the first photo is the same as the one in the 8-plex apartment building my sister and brother-in-law lived in from 1967-69. This was in Sioux Falls, SD. I was 8-11 years old. Used it many, many times, as I used to stay with them for weeks at a time during the summer. Two dimes bought a half-hour of viewing time, LOL!

I recall the agitator cap was gone, and I was always amazed that it went from pulsating straight into the spin cycle with no pause.

Funny, the things we remember...
 
Coin-Op Frigidaire Washers and Drycleaners

I used a Frigidaire-equipped Laundry back in 1977 in Hicksville right before we got our 1-18 pair. The washers were aqua, had the round window and "Jet-cone-type" agitator with no cap. I have never seen another modern Frigidaire laundry that I can remember. There was one I remember in Cambria Heights NY with OLD 1952 Frigidaires! I remember the "suds distributor" with the looped-ring removal pull.
Did anyone ever see the Frigidaire Top-Load Drycleaners? I have coin-op magazines, one with photos of one being demonstrated, teaching attendants how to instruct prospective customers how to use it.
 
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Was in the laundry rooms of the apartment complex I lived in from 1976-1979. Solid stainless tubs. The rectangular lamps were the same and I remember the toggleswitches also. The complex was built circa 1965, could they have lasted that long? Loads were 35 cents each.
 
Post# 560659, Reply# 22 12/1/2011 at 15:02 by marty

What the heck is that " mini-cesspool-shaped" thingy next to the old Frigie pulsator? (:
 
Jason---I've never heard of the Frigidaire TL dry-cleaning machines! Is there any way you can scan a photo of one into the thread? I'd seen the FL-type of dry-cleaners; the laundromat in my home town had a couple of them. I can still remember the smell.
 
the Speed Queen washer in Thread 15 has to be late 60's because we used that type of SQ at the laundromat until June 73 and we had been going to there ever since the Kenmore washer we had in the 60's died due to lightening damage

And the kenmore washer was not that old to begin with
 
to bpetersxx

I kind of figured that Speed Queen was late 60's. They were fairly basic machines. I recall the laundromat owner always had issues with them spinning and agitating at the same time, which I thought was kind of odd.

I distinctly remember the sound they made when they started the fill and the "Sneezing" noises the timer made as they advanced through the cycle.

I would love to see one in action again, but I have no room to have one of those around.
 
Post# 561559, Reply# 37 12/6/2011 at 17:56 by Frigilux

Hi Eugene!

I don't know if I, as a "basic" member of AW, can upload any photos. What I will do is ask my brother to scan the page of the Frigidaire Top Load Drycleaner, and the Violet Ray water-recycling laundromat, and post those in place of my Samsung. I could also just email you the photos! I sure will try for you guys!

Jason
 
To Frigilux...

Eugene, did you get the email I sent with the pages I had scanned? I cannot upload these here myself-only a paid member may do so. Unless there IS a way for me to upload these, I am sorry. The pages were of the top-load Frigidaire Drycleaner and the Violet Ray washers system.
 
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