Out of the archives

[steved]

A rare snow day and home from work today. Thought I'd dig out a few rare pics.
For 1955:

 

[steved]

details

notice that the outer door panel is porcelain

 

[steved]

rarer still

I actually saw one of these in 1973 when I replaced it with a KitchenAid Dishwasher sink.

 

[steved]

info

Dishwasher sinks were all the rage in upstate NY

 

[steved]

for 1956

gotta love GM's annual style changes

 

[steved]

Isn't this the same as Robert's?

info

 

[steved]

also for 1956

I discovered Frigidaire made a dishwasher-sink combo until the "B" series 1960 - 62

 

[tomturbomatic]

Thank you Steve!

Archives is the correct term. This man has dishwasher info going back to when dishwashing became mechanized. Good to see you posting Steve.

 

[steved]

more details

get a Lift to Living!

 

[steved]

like this, Tom?

ancient history

 

[steved]

info

I'm thinking 1938ish?

 

[cyclemonitor]

rare

I love these!!!!

Some of the interior's  seem to be  a different color..did they  match/ coordinate the racks...or is it just the picture?

 

[toploader55]

Automatic "Speedy".

I never heard of this Brand.

I love the Obsevation Window.

Thanks so much for the Scans. Eddie

 

[pierreandreply4]

thank you very much for these scans

 

[tomturbomatic]

Appeal to the "Carriage Trade"

"Servants are Happier...Additional help isn't required for large dinner parties." They would never want to imply that the homemaker interested in one of these actually has to do the dishes herself. I wonder if that erect pole emerging from the machine was deemed too indelicate to demonstrate for the lady of the house?

There is no dishwasher in the kitchen at Hillwood, Marjorie M. Post's estate in Washington, D.C., because of the Czarist china she collected and used. There are huge, multiple sinks, though. While her husband was ambassador to the USSR, the communists were trying to raise money and would sell almost anything for the right amount of money and Marjorie had money's mammy by the tits.

 

[rp2813]

Washed, rinsed and dried in five or six minutes?  Did anything actually come out clean?

 

I wonder if the still common practice of thorough pre-rinsing by hand stems from the legacy of machines like the LOEB, presuming the servants had nothing better to do.

 

[peteski50]

Archives!

This loeb design looks very interesting.
As for the frigidaire I always felt this spray tube would have performed top notch if they had a full arm in addition at the bottom of the machine!
Thanks for the scans!
Peter

 

[bajaespuma]

Beautiful literature! Please keep 'em coming.

Bravo!

 

Was the photo retouch-er paid by the hour or did the vinyl on those beautiful, and I mean beautiful, early Frigidishwashers change from "Sherwood Green" to pink overnight? I love how these early machines stand on their own. Am getting very tired of today's built-in look that makes every kitchen look like a galley on a submarine.

 

For how long did GM feature Robin and his Merry Men colors?

 

And yes, it is so important to me to keep my servants happy. I've been watching episodes of "Downton Abbey" and dreaming about having valets, personal maids, cooks, housekeepers and chauffeurs. Ah, the vintage appliances of the landed class.

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[tomturbomatic]

Ms. Gotrocks won't be having that figure for long with all those goodies sitting around. Pretty soon chairs will run away when she approaches.

I would not want anyone like servants interfering with me operating my own appliances. Actually, I don't want anyone except me in my house. When I moved into my house in 1992, the three little (then) boys across the street used to play with the 5 year old who had lived there with his parents. They were part of a family of 6 in a house and used to ask me which room was mine. I said all of them were mine. The questions stopped, and everything else for that matter, when I said that if I wanted, I could run naked and screaming through the house and not bother anyone.

 

[rp2813]

Tom, I am so with you about any sort of household help invading my privacy by default.

 

A two-week stay at a delightful villa south of Puerto Vallarta was marred by staff presence from early morning until after dinner.  No chance for a clothing optional scene by the pool or anywhere else for that matter.  That put a real damper on things for a group of nine gay men.

 

[Unimatic1140]

UGH, that 1955 Frigidaire dishwasher brochure is beyond delicious!  Mine is a 1956 model where they already changed the look of the control panel.  The machine is exactly the same just the panel is different.

 

Fabulous Steve, thank you!  Love the Loeb dishwasher as well, I've never even heard of that brand.

 

[steved]

dishwasher-sink in my collection

this was one of my first eBay purchases, reminded me of the 1955 Frigidaire

 

[steved]

From Jan 1955 "House and Home" a little history

Frigidaire introduced their first dishwasher in January 1955. Apparently as a gift for my first birthday

 

[stevet]

Parts is parts!

Okay, now that we are all wishing that there were more of these dishwashers around for us to play with and enjoy, are there any parts or service manuals around for them?
I cannot get over how much the early dishwashers resembled each other. The Kitchenaids and Hotpoints look like they were born of the same aprents and now these Frigidaires..even down to the timer knob as well as the push to start button.
Was it linked to the timer mechanically like the Kitchenaids or did it just advance the timer to start? And what about the Hotpoints with the lever up top?

I would love to see how these were put together to do their respective jobs.

 

[turquoisedude]

Wow, Steve, thank you so much for sharing these!! You have inspired me to get that DWUW (the 1958 I got last year) back into service...
I didn't know you had a dishwasher-sink! You devil...

 

[mrcleanjeans]

Thanks Steve for these fun ads. Tell me, does the Loeb use a vertical spray tower like the Youngstown Kitchens Jetower or is that tube something else? The dishes seem to be arranged impeller style. And was that a fully automatic machine?

 

[steved]

Loeb workings

I'm not sure as this is the only piece of literature I've ever seen. I would bet it's an impeller wash. Although I can't quite tell, plus figure how that lift tower worked.....
hmmmmm.....

 

[steved]

maybe the Loeb was the daddy

of the Kaiser? And it worked on water pressure? Don't know.... It had the pop-up dish rack too.

 

[steved]

and the Kaiser

could have been the daddy of the Coronet. I saw one of these once on "House Hunters" in CA.

 

[steved]

Coronet

ran on water pressure too!