Part Two Weekend Adventure!

[twintubdexter]

That Lustron house is nice, but...

look at the surroundings! All those huge beautiful green trees, green landscaping, green everything. A person can get so tired of palm trees here in the Desert...tired of today's 115 degree temperature too. Those are great finds.

 

[kevin313]

Hans - that avacado Mixmaster is going to look mighty smart next to your new avacado Frigidaire range! All great finds!

 

[sarahperdue]

Love the Lustron. We have one walking distance from our house. Sadly, it's a student rental (roll tide, y'all), and it is in terrible condition.

I love the Christmas stuff! I got lucky with a few of the marbled light bulbs in an old set, and my boys love, love, love them.

Sarah

 

[franksdad]

Hans!

Wow!  You and Donald hit the jackpot this time!  You must have a Christmas waffle/pancake/sausage supper and invite us all up!   I would love to see all your gadgets and especially all those beautiful Christmas lights!  Congratulations on yours and Donald's finds!

 

[xraytech]

Great finds Hans. I love the Avacado mixmaster, my grandmother had one for years, I currently have a pair of them. One of my favorite hand mixers

 

[joelippard]

What a haul!  and that Lustron looks like a very well kept home!

 

[tolivac]

Really neat things-love that "personal" sized ice cream machine!Great for those hot summer days!

 

[westingman123]

The kings of vintage swag!

Okay, Hans, it's time for ya'll to share your secret. All THAT in one weekend? (taps foot) Come on now, 'fess up!

 

[pdub]

Congratulations

Wow Hans, I'm impressed with all your great finds. You must have cleaned the place out. I'll bet you two were their biggest customers buying all that in one fell swoop.

Really neat stuff and the new in box items are always exciting to stumble upon.

Thanks for sharing with us.

Patrick

 

[norgeway]

All that in one weekend!!!

Yes!, When we travel, we get OFF the interstate and onto the backroads, we try to go thru every town , then we stop at all old hardware stores, all thrift stores and all antique stores, a three hour trip takes six or eight hours sometimes , but as you see, its worth it!!

 

[polkanut]

That Hamilton Beach ice cream freezer is from the early 1930's because it has the NRA (National Recovery Administration) emblem on the box.  The NRA was an early New Deal relief program for industries.  And, I love that it specifies that it won't work on DC current.  The screw in plug is priceless too. 

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[tomturbomatic]

Thank you for sharing your super great finds with us. Could you show a picture of the bottom of the stainless steel prssure cooker, please? It is a very intersting looking cooker. Most of the Presto stainless steel cookers had a very recessed bottom to allow for the bulging out under pressure and were not good for electric stoves. The ones I used also had terrible heat distribution problems with anything other than water in them.

You are so right about old hardware stores off the beaten path being repositories for housewares treasures and I am just the suppository for getting them moved out. About 1980, I stopped in one in VA in the middle of nowhere and found a brand new, in the box Corningware double boiler that had been discontinued in the 60s, I believe. As an added bonus, I got to listen to a woman tell the cashier that she discovered that her well was down when she went to wash so she was having to switch back to the wringer washer until it rained.