Publicity shot of a kitchen-though Magic Chef was based in St. Louis, I think that's probably a Caloric cooktop. Any ideas on the refrigerator?
old cooking show scene: St. Louis, MO 1962
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Another...clearly a Caloric oven...
Ref. may be Whirlpool or Sears Coldspot.
Looks RCA Whirlpool
Lisa Douglas' pink Norge resembles that refer.
norgeway
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Kelvinator
I think
I think
The refrigerator
Is differently an RCA Whirlpool, these were one of the best FF refs of the time, 1962-64.
John L.
Is differently an RCA Whirlpool, these were one of the best FF refs of the time, 1962-64.
John L.
That wouldn't be entirely out of the question, as Evansville is on the edge of the St. Louis media market. The ornate handle threw me.
The low-level cooktop struck me as odd. Was that ever a common design?
I was also taken aback by the enormous silver tea set. I wonder who the target audience was for this episode.
I was also taken aback by the enormous silver tea set. I wonder who the target audience was for this episode.
Suburban matrons in St. Louis. Unclear who sponsored (one of the supermarkets? Laclede Gas? Not clear to me.
One of my best friends in high school, his parents rented a house built in the early 1960s and it had a Caloric gas cook top and that same wall oven in some form of brown color.
The refrigerator
This is actually an RCA Whirlpool GAS refrigerator, and you can also see on the top right side of the FF door the words Ice Maker,
WP was the only company that ever build a gas fired Frost-Free refrigerator.
They got the Ice maker and gas technology when they bought Servel and continued building and improving Gas refrigerators for around a decade and finally gave up on the idea as gas refs were just not practical in terms of operating cost, and space efficiency, to say nothing of the enormous amount they put off.
In the early Beverly Hillbillies there were TWO of these WP Gas Refs SXS in the kitchen.
John L.
This is actually an RCA Whirlpool GAS refrigerator, and you can also see on the top right side of the FF door the words Ice Maker,
WP was the only company that ever build a gas fired Frost-Free refrigerator.
They got the Ice maker and gas technology when they bought Servel and continued building and improving Gas refrigerators for around a decade and finally gave up on the idea as gas refs were just not practical in terms of operating cost, and space efficiency, to say nothing of the enormous amount they put off.
In the early Beverly Hillbillies there were TWO of these WP Gas Refs SXS in the kitchen.
John L.
That would make sense, then, as Laclede Gas might well have sponsored it to get the homemakers to use Gas in the kitchen (like Jinx Falkenburg. Would love to see some information about it...looks quite deluxe from all the chrome trim.
norgeway
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JOHN!!
I wish you could GET me one of these gas refrigerators!!!!
I wish you could GET me one of these gas refrigerators!!!!
