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Quote: "THERE'S A PACKAGE OF LINT BAGS INCLUDED."
Somebody---- talk to me--- what is a lint bag?
Somebody---- talk to me--- what is a lint bag?
kenmore1978
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lint bag
A short-lived system that KM used (don't know if WP used the system, too) where the lint was collected in a bag like a vacuum cleaner and thrown away when full
A short-lived system that KM used (don't know if WP used the system, too) where the lint was collected in a bag like a vacuum cleaner and thrown away when full
jasonl
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Where's the washer?
Ohhhhhh... I'd like to see the LK washer that goes with it. The rare all-pushbutton Lady. I like it.
Ohhhhhh... I'd like to see the LK washer that goes with it. The rare all-pushbutton Lady. I like it.
This is a 59 or 60 model - very nice! I saw this in white at a thrift store once, seemed to run very quiet and heated quickly. The thrift store model had a Hoover vacuum bag on the lint collector tube - obviously they ran out of bags long ago and they're NLA but the Hoover bag would do the trick.
This dryer would have matched a washer one or two steps down from the Lady Kenmore - note the dial control. Don (jetaction) in Minnapolis has the washer.
This dryer would have matched a washer one or two steps down from the Lady Kenmore - note the dial control. Don (jetaction) in Minnapolis has the washer.
Is it really that old?
I would have figured it to be late 60's early 70's. That is if those are touchpads and not mechanical buttons. Can't quite tell from the picture on my PC
I would have figured it to be late 60's early 70's. That is if those are touchpads and not mechanical buttons. Can't quite tell from the picture on my PC
Mmmmm... Loving that Sunny Yellow!!
The lint bag is just one example of all the great innovations that came about in appliances back then.
Jon
The lint bag is just one example of all the great innovations that came about in appliances back then.
Jon
It is difinetly late 50's or Very early 60's. I don't think the "buttons" do anything. I think they are there just to match the Washer that had the auto advance. Could be wrong but this is what I remember. I'm sure someone will correct me if I am wrong.
Kevinpreston3
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Really?!
Quote: "I don't think the "buttons" do anything."
If that is the case, that would be too funny.
My mom had a vacuum when I was a kid, I don't remember the name. It was a nice vacuum. It had a red slide switch on top, I don't remember what it was supposed to do. But one time I opened the top of the vacuum and opened the little door in the box that covered the back of that slide switch panel, and the switch just slid back and forth in its channel, it was not connected to anything! I remember looking to see if there was something it was SUPPOSED to be hooked to, but nothing was there.
Another of life's little mysteries. Have always wondered what the deal was with that.
Quote: "I don't think the "buttons" do anything."
If that is the case, that would be too funny.
My mom had a vacuum when I was a kid, I don't remember the name. It was a nice vacuum. It had a red slide switch on top, I don't remember what it was supposed to do. But one time I opened the top of the vacuum and opened the little door in the box that covered the back of that slide switch panel, and the switch just slid back and forth in its channel, it was not connected to anything! I remember looking to see if there was something it was SUPPOSED to be hooked to, but nothing was there.
Another of life's little mysteries. Have always wondered what the deal was with that.
If memory serves, the "buttons" were Lettered to match the letters on the timer dial. The letters indicating a cycle, eg Wash and wear, cottons, dainties etc. you get the idea. You set the timer on the letter that matched the letter on the "buttons"
squared off cabinet
This looks like a 59 model, but when did KM square off their cabinets? around 61?
This looks like a 59 model, but when did KM square off their cabinets? around 61?
fnelson487
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That was the machine my mom had!!
I am crushed! I thought it was a Lady, but now that I think about it, it didn't say Lady Kenmore anywhere on the machine. She had the matching washer and dryer in white. The dryer was the standard lint filter (not the bag) It was deluxe in that it had the lighted panel. Two buttons on each side of the panel opened the top to give access to the light. It was a suds-saver model as well. The slide switch on the lower left-hand side of the washer was the water-level adjustment. Indeed, the cycles were selected by letter on the dial as indicated on the panel A-K (whites - hot water, colored - warm water, wash and wear, etc.) It was the squared off cabinet.
Her first Kenmore automatic was a frog-eye which must have been about 1954-55 after I stuck my hand in her wringer washer at the tender age of 2-3 and my brother broke it open to let me loose. I can't believe that the frog eye only lasted about 5-6 years, although there were 7 in the family altogether. No dryer, in inclement weather, clothes were hung in the basement. The frog-eye was a suds-saver as well. I have been checking out the Sears catalogs to find out what year it was.
I am crushed! I thought it was a Lady, but now that I think about it, it didn't say Lady Kenmore anywhere on the machine. She had the matching washer and dryer in white. The dryer was the standard lint filter (not the bag) It was deluxe in that it had the lighted panel. Two buttons on each side of the panel opened the top to give access to the light. It was a suds-saver model as well. The slide switch on the lower left-hand side of the washer was the water-level adjustment. Indeed, the cycles were selected by letter on the dial as indicated on the panel A-K (whites - hot water, colored - warm water, wash and wear, etc.) It was the squared off cabinet.
Her first Kenmore automatic was a frog-eye which must have been about 1954-55 after I stuck my hand in her wringer washer at the tender age of 2-3 and my brother broke it open to let me loose. I can't believe that the frog eye only lasted about 5-6 years, although there were 7 in the family altogether. No dryer, in inclement weather, clothes were hung in the basement. The frog-eye was a suds-saver as well. I have been checking out the Sears catalogs to find out what year it was.
westytoploader
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The seller also has a retro laundry tub for sale as well, installed when the house was built in 1961.
Unfortunately the early-60's matching Kenmore washer isn't there. A 1980's Lady Kenmore (belt-drive, with the Triple Dispenser) has taken its place, which means the matching washer probably conked out around that time...
Unfortunately the early-60's matching Kenmore washer isn't there. A 1980's Lady Kenmore (belt-drive, with the Triple Dispenser) has taken its place, which means the matching washer probably conked out around that time...
This is a 1961 800 Dryer, I had this same dryer about six or seven years ago in White, although I didn't have any lint bags, a panty-hose style stocking worked just as well. That dryer is in John and Tom's warehouse in Maryland now.
Steve Gyrofoam has the matching washer...
veg-o-matic
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What? No comment from Bob Appnut?
Bob! Aren't you the one who drools over the "letter" machines?
Do we need to send the paramedics?
veg
P.S. Love the term "Lint Storage"
Bob! Aren't you the one who drools over the "letter" machines?
Do we need to send the paramedics?
veg
P.S. Love the term "Lint Storage"
whirlcool
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Very Colorful!
You certainly get hit with a barrage of color when looking at this dryer, I imagine with the washer you certainly would have a "rainbow" of a laundry room!
My Mother had a 55-56 Kenmore gas dryer that lasted 30 years! All it needed in all that time was two belt replacements. The washers came and went (A Fridgidaire Jet Action, a GE Filter Flo,
and finally a cheap GE) but that Kenmore dryer just kept carrying on. It was finally replaced with another Kenmore dryer in 1986.
You certainly get hit with a barrage of color when looking at this dryer, I imagine with the washer you certainly would have a "rainbow" of a laundry room!
My Mother had a 55-56 Kenmore gas dryer that lasted 30 years! All it needed in all that time was two belt replacements. The washers came and went (A Fridgidaire Jet Action, a GE Filter Flo,
and finally a cheap GE) but that Kenmore dryer just kept carrying on. It was finally replaced with another Kenmore dryer in 1986.
Very stately looking dryers those late fifties early sixties KM machines were.
Pat
Pat
Veg, was nice to see, but I think I did see Robert's dryer that is now in John's awrehouse. It was nice to see at the time and I remember how it worked.
I do drool over some Kenmore's but not all.
I do drool over some Kenmore's but not all.
