I just wonder how many dishwashers James sold. I only knew one family that had one and they sold it to make room in their small kitchen to have a regular sized electric range.
POD 12-8-22 James Dishwasher
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We had one which we got from my great-grandmother in roughly 1967-ish. She was in Tulsa (which checks vis-a-vis proximity to where they were made). I recall we picked it up along with other stuff of hers and drove it back to St. Louis where my mom used it for awhile, later in 1968 getting a Sears roto-rack 2 button portable which was made stationary in the kitchen.
Thanks, Jamie. I guess the Kenmore had a larger capacity and performed better than the James?
yes, it did. The James seemed to do ok, though--you had to load the plates at an angle and the glasses were up on flat racks on both sides. The window was cool on the lid, and since my name was James the nameplate helped me learn to read.
When I was about 8 years old in 1959 we had a baby sitter that had a James portable dishwasher. It was the second dishwasher that I’d were seen up close. The first was the GE built in pull out DW in my grandparents home that was built in ‘55.
Mrs. Berry our babysitter sometimes took us over to her house and thats how I got to witness her James DW in action. It was totally spellbinding for me! Even better that watching my Aunt Imogene’s ‘55 Westy slant front in action. I remember especially how the water splashed up on the window at the top of the DW with such force. After that I begged my parents to get a DW. My Mom wanted one. In fact on Christmas of ‘58 she was very disappointed that my Dad bought her a Mink Stole instead of the DW that she coveted.
Eddie
Mrs. Berry our babysitter sometimes took us over to her house and thats how I got to witness her James DW in action. It was totally spellbinding for me! Even better that watching my Aunt Imogene’s ‘55 Westy slant front in action. I remember especially how the water splashed up on the window at the top of the DW with such force. After that I begged my parents to get a DW. My Mom wanted one. In fact on Christmas of ‘58 she was very disappointed that my Dad bought her a Mink Stole instead of the DW that she coveted.
Eddie
Only knew of one family with a James dishwasher, and that was my mom's friend Jane S. & her husband. They lived in Starkville, Mississippi, where he was a professor at MSU. If anyone had unique items, it was them.
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