POD 11/25 Crosley electric sink

[tomturbomatic]

The text notes that the design with the DW to the left of the sink facilitates right to left movement, but this is the only electric sink I can think of with the DW to the left of the sink. Could it be that most right-handed people prefer to use their dominant hand to place items in dishwasher racks so most dishwasher-sink combinations have the machine to the right of the sink and this Crosley was made for those who are left-handed? Do most of you have your principal builtin dishwasher installed to the right of your sink?

Mike in West Peoria and any others with dishwasher-sink combinations, do any of your electric sinks have the dishwasher to the left of the sink like the Crosley?

Happy Thanksgiving to all.

 

[polkanut]

I just think it's so appropriate to have a dishwasher featured on Thanksgiving, what with all those dishes, utensils, and whatever else needing to be washed.

 

[maytagbear]

I love the illustration!

Particularly the decor of the room....the little bouquet of rose buds....the calm mother, the quiet children, and the charming Fox (?) Terrier.

Lawrence/Maytagbear

 

[appnut]

Technically I'm left-handed, I write only with that hand, eat, drink from mugs, and one or two other activities. However, I open doors, cabinte doors, drawers, and drink liquids from glasses and can drink from mugs also with the right hand only. I've lieved in apartments & houses with the dishwasher on both sides of the sink. In fact my first house had it on the left side and that experience made me decide from then on it was to be placed on the right side. Maybe because the left side of my body has the CP on it and takes more concerted effort to place vessels in the machine. I found myself in the first house pivoting or rotating in order to load the machine with my right hand. So the right side works best for me. I literally found myself noticing which side of the sinik the dishwasher was placed on when searching for my 2nd and current house.

 

[rinso]

I'm a lefty as well, with the exception of one house, my dishwashers have always been the right of the sink. Either way is no big deal, but I do find myself still loading my right-sided dishwashers with my left hand, even crossing over.

 

[turquoisedude]

Isn't Mike's (diswashercrazy's) American Kitchens dishwasher to the left of the sink in his diswasher-sink combo??
Hope everyone is having a good Thanksgiving... us poor Canadians have to work :-(

 

[circlew]

Paul,

A good reason for that. American Kitchens and Crosley were both divisions of AVCO, and the products differed primarily by trim. Made in the same Connersville, IN plant.

 

[tomturbomatic]

Paul, I have not seen his American Kitchens electric sink, but if the DW is on the left, it would at least mean that D&M was consistent. Thank you for the information. Hope all is well. I am sure you will have a delicious dinner even if it is not a holiday for you. My mother, who grew up the oldest of 9, used to tell us that we ate so well every day that we did not need to make a production out of Thanksgiving, but we did, except for a couple of years when we either went to a restaurant or went to someone's home. Then when we returned home, there were no leftovers to remind us that we had a holiday; not so good.

Speaking of the artwork, Lawrence, I think ads were so much richer when they were done by illustrators instead of photographers.

 

[dishwashercrazy]

Electric Sink / Dishwasher Combinations: DW to Left or Righ


I think it is important to look first at the earliest of Electric Sinks based on the vintage magazine ads that I have in my collection and past Pictures-Of-The-Day.

My earliest ad is for the Walker Super-Sink Electric Dishwasher. This ad came from a February 1927 publication of American Builder. The dishwasher was positioned on the right side of the sink, or the stand-alone model is shown positioned to the right of the existing sink.

 

[dishwashercrazy]

The next Electric Sink that I have magazine ads for is the Kohler Electric Sink. This first of two units shown below, included a Dishwasher to the left of the sink, and a Clotheswasher to the right.

This ad came from a July 14, 1928 publication of The Saturday Evening Post.

 

[dishwashercrazy]

This photograph of a more traditional Kohler Electric Sink comes from the internet (sorry - I don't know the link right off hand), and as the photo states, is associated with 1928.

 

[dishwashercrazy]

Next, is the 1930 Conover brochure that I have, which shows numerous configurations of their Electric Dishwasher Sink, with the Dishwasher positioned to the right of the sink.

 

[dishwashercrazy]

General Electric acquired the Walker Brother's Company in 1930. GE first produced a dishwasher with a G.E. emblem in 1932.

The first vintage General Electric magazine ad that I have, which features their Electric Sink, is dated November 1936, but the magazine source is unknown to me.

Two newer styles of the G.E. Electric Sink are featured in National Geographic magazine ads dating from various 1937 monthly publications.

Here is a photograph of my (what I believe to be) third generation G.E. Electric Sink from 1937 - a Model KE15.

HOWEVER, by no later than 1940, according to my G.E. Parts listings, the cabinet style was updated and the dishwasher was relocated to the right of the sink (it looks very similar to the electric sink shown in my current icon photo).

 

[dishwashercrazy]

I have a photocopy of an AVCO Manufacturing Corporation proposal for manufacturing of electric dishwashers, dated January 1951. AVCO produced Crosley and American Kitchens dishwashers, then later became known as D&M (Design and Manufacturing).

The proposal lists the following principal competitors in the dishwasher field:

General Electric
Hotpoint
Youngstown
Westinghouse
Apex
Sears-Roebuck
Hobart

Here is the photo of my 1949 G.E. Electric Sink. This style continued post WWII beginning in 1946 and continued through 1951.

 

[dishwashercrazy]

In 1951, General Electric introduced their pull-out, undercounter, top loading, drawer-style dishwasher. It was also available as an Electric Sink model.

Here is my 1953 G.E. Electric Sink. This style of dishwasher only lasted, I believe, until 1956, and is also the same style used in the 1955 and 1956 G.E. Kitchen Centers, such as the one that Paul (turquoisedude) has in Ogden.

I do not see references to G.E. Electric Sinks being produced after 1956.

This machine originally had a stainless steel top, but was removed, likely in the 1970's and replaced with a Formica style countertop such as the one that I have displayed. The sink was on the left.

 

[dishwashercrazy]

Here is a Picture-Of-The-Day for the Apex.

 

[dishwashercrazy]

Here is a Picture-Of-The-Day for the Westinghouse.

 

[dishwashercrazy]

Here is a Picture-Of-The-Day for the Hotpoint.

 

[dishwashercrazy]

Here is a Picture-Of-The-Day for the 1951 Youngstown Electric Sink.