P.O.D. 03.18.2024

[pulltostart]

In today's Whirlpool advertisement, the 'active' water temperature selection and the 'active' water level selection is red.  Is this a photoshop addition, or did the controls actually work that way?  And if that's what they did, how was that feature accomplished?

 

lawrence

 

[turquoisedude]

Lawrence, the picture isn't perfect, but the cutouts for the water level and wash temperature are indeed red, thanks to tinted plastic. 

 

[pulltostart]

Paul,

Thanks for the information!  I was hoping that it was a true feature, but wasn't sure how WP would have accomplished this in 1956.

 

lawrence

 

[DADoES]

 
Vintage appliances had a lot of decorative/informative lighting.

 

[retro-man]

Something else I notice in that ad was that the water level was the same in the tub on low as when on high.

Jon