One of the most beautiful control panels in American Appliance History. I think this was the last of this style panel. The first was predominantly blue, the second brown, but this was like a tuxedo.
POD 3-18-14 GE WA1050X
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Consumers Reports SLAMMED these control panels. (a-holes!)
I'm glad somebody appreciates these as much as I do. They were around for 4 years, brown, blue, black and then grey on gray. Actually, to illustrate the 1963 WA-1050 X, all I had to do was to take my illustration of the same model from the year before and use an "Invert color" command on Illustrator. I'm sure the designers at GE did something very similar at the time.
I'm glad somebody appreciates these as much as I do. They were around for 4 years, brown, blue, black and then grey on gray. Actually, to illustrate the 1963 WA-1050 X, all I had to do was to take my illustration of the same model from the year before and use an "Invert color" command on Illustrator. I'm sure the designers at GE did something very similar at the time.
They were very simple controls compared with the timers in the pushbutton Maytags and the lock stop controls of the WP-made TOL machines.
CRs Got It Dead WRONG
The control system in that beautiful 1960 GE washer is actually much simpler and more reliable than what the 1948 washer, for starters the 1948 machine actually had TWO complete timers and the controls were often damaged by water spills etc.
While the 1960 GE looked impressive it was actually very simple, it was probably one of the few TOL washers that only had a one cycle timer.
The control system in that beautiful 1960 GE washer is actually much simpler and more reliable than what the 1948 washer, for starters the 1948 machine actually had TWO complete timers and the controls were often damaged by water spills etc.
While the 1960 GE looked impressive it was actually very simple, it was probably one of the few TOL washers that only had a one cycle timer.
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