Mystery Appliance behind Stanley and Gladys ...

[syndets2000]

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[appliguy]

Could it be......

An early ABC-O-Matic or Kelvinator Washer????? PAT COFFEY

 

[norgeway]

Looks like a Kelvinator with

A towel laid over the back

 

[johnrk]

-tor

Those last 3 letters on the front of it look like "-tor" when I magnify it.

 

[pulltostart]

What a photo!

Give me some of whatever Gladys is having!  That girl is having herself some fun - love the smile and the glasses.  And, what is that mid-air that Stanley is about to catch?

 

I see abundant evidence of adult beverages.  I'm betting that a large time was had by all, regardless of the brand of washing machine.

 

lawrence

 

[rp2813]

Lawrence, I agree 100%!  Love the photo and the moment it captures.  Wish I was there!

 

[akronman]

hmm

reminds me of The Manchurian Candidate, when the Ladies Flower Society met

 

[revvinkevin]

So who are Stanley & Gladys?

 

 

From another TV show or....?

 

[Unimatic1140]

Look like a 1955 model Kelvinator!

 

[rp2813]

Robert

Nailed it!

 

[westingguelph]

Something tells me Gladys has several bottles of hooch stored in the Kelvinator! You go girl.

 

[rp2813]

Kevin, I think maybe Gladys could be Flo's (Progressive Insurance) grandmother.

 

And she gets points off for owning a set of metal cups like that blue one on the table.  I hated drinking out of those sweaty little things and am glad they were never a part of our household.

 

[norgeway]

I thought I was right because

Greg Nunn has one very similar.

 

[norgeway]

Dont they

Look happy!

 

[revvinkevin]

Wow Ralph, good eye!

I didn't look at the photo close enough to see that cup. Your house never had those aluminum cups, but our house did! As I recall, I think there were three or four different colors, blue, purple, red and perhaps green? Yes moisture would condense on the outside of them if you had something very cold in them, but I guess I never thought much about it.

 

[rp2813]

Kevin, the condensation wasn't my biggest issue with those cups.  I really didn't like "tasting" cold metal when I took a sip.

 

[washerlover]

We had those same colorful metal cups growing up. Always seemed to keep things colder.

Loving Gladys' cocktail. And of course cigarette in hand!

 

[cuffs054]

Scandal? Neither of the peppy partyers has a ring on!

 

[launderess]

I'll have what she's having

Gladys, don't put away that bottle! *LOL*

 

[maytagbear]

Adulthood.........

seems to have been a lot more fun then.

Lawrence/Maytagbear

 

[launderess]

Then as now

Fun is where you found it!

 

[norgeway]

Of course it was

Ike was in the White House. The budget was balanced. We made everything here. And everything was good. Even the cheapest appliances then were better than anything made today

 

[firedome]

what a great photo!

fun was being had, and they were so beautifully dressed too... I so clearly recall those days when it was the norm, but now we have become a nation of slobs. Even at a "nice" party nowadays you will typically see jeans, not suits & ties. Go out shopping and one sees people "dressed" in "public pajamas". We are sadly lacking in taste and class these days. Personally I would have loved the '30s.