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Question about the GE Electric Sink (today's picture of the day)
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Thank you, Mike, for posting such a wonderful document!
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Thank you, Mike, for posting such a wonderful document!
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mickeyd
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Oh Mikey
How a washer kid would have have been in Heaven growing up with this machine, holding the knob till the water runs hot, executing the double rinsing. "Does anybody want to help with the dishes tonight?" How the family would have loved us. "I'll do it..,I'll do it!"
A non-automatic conventional DW--now there's a wringer for ya. Great bedtime read. Thank you.
PS: The Dasher was also the name of a famous early Apex agitator, two flowing curving wings, full of holes. So cool!
How a washer kid would have have been in Heaven growing up with this machine, holding the knob till the water runs hot, executing the double rinsing. "Does anybody want to help with the dishes tonight?" How the family would have loved us. "I'll do it..,I'll do it!"
A non-automatic conventional DW--now there's a wringer for ya. Great bedtime read. Thank you.
PS: The Dasher was also the name of a famous early Apex agitator, two flowing curving wings, full of holes. So cool!
Wow.. This were fairly complicated to operate.. Although, it does look like the newer versions (ie. S-5 mechanism) looked like it was much easier to operate than the 3 knob mechanisms.
I wasn't aware that dishwashers like this even existed. I'm sure a 1940's era household wife would have really appreciated one of these!
I wasn't aware that dishwashers like this even existed. I'm sure a 1940's era household wife would have really appreciated one of these!
westingman123
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Hmmmm.
"The Dasher" - doesn't that word originate from a part of a butter churn? Something way back in my memory is niggling at me. It's been so long, but I'm fairly certain the dasher is the part you move up and down (ad infinitum).
"The Dasher" - doesn't that word originate from a part of a butter churn? Something way back in my memory is niggling at me. It's been so long, but I'm fairly certain the dasher is the part you move up and down (ad infinitum).
Dasher as part of butter churn & ice cream freezer, yes, but also agitator or impeller in early appliances. I am intrigued by the upper level sprayer in some of these models. That was not in the automatic ones I saw as a child. In many ways, these would perform better than the early automatics which followed, not only because the cycle was flexible, but also because in these, the motor could be stopped before the drain valve opened so the soil particles were not being thrown around by the impeller as the drain valve opened as was the case with the automatics where the timer was run by a gear off the motor so the motor could not stop for drain. Also, the top could be opened to add chemicals and was not locked for the duration like in the automatics.
passatdoc
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Must have been affordable only by the wealthy. The non-politically correct ad, linked below, seems to imply that the device will make the maid's life much easier ("...for women with servants and for those without help". Its 48 inch width meant that it could be swapped out for a 48" wall mount sink, without having to modify cabinets. My guess is that it was produced in low numbers, then production stopped during WW2. After the war, other early DW makers also offered "sink combination" or "electric sink" models, both with and without garbage disposals. But GE seems to have been the first with a home dishwasher (KA/Hobart was in the commercial dishwasher business pre-WW2, but I don't believe they produced a home model until post-war).
This ad also helps explain why my father---for years---would refer to any disposal as a Dispos-ALL (accent on final syllable). If GE's model was the first on the market, Dispos-ALL would have become a common noun, like Kleenex or Frigidaire (common name for any brand refrigerator; my grandparents used "Frigidaire" as a common noun).
This ad also helps explain why my father---for years---would refer to any disposal as a Dispos-ALL (accent on final syllable). If GE's model was the first on the market, Dispos-ALL would have become a common noun, like Kleenex or Frigidaire (common name for any brand refrigerator; my grandparents used "Frigidaire" as a common noun).
dishwashercrazy
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Jim,
I have a June 17, 1940 Ad from Life Magazine, which was focusing on Westinghouse Refrigerators, but in the background of the ad, depicts other appliances: Ironers, Wringer Washers, Water Heaters, Dishwashers (an Electric Sink is shown), Ranges, Irons, Roasters, Toasters and Vacuum Cleaners. This is the earliest Westinghouse ad that I have. So I think we can assume that Westinghouse had dishwashers, and/or Electric Sinks pre-WWII as well.
I also believe that I have seen, somewhere, pre-WWII dishwashers, marketed by Hotpoint.
Mike
I have a June 17, 1940 Ad from Life Magazine, which was focusing on Westinghouse Refrigerators, but in the background of the ad, depicts other appliances: Ironers, Wringer Washers, Water Heaters, Dishwashers (an Electric Sink is shown), Ranges, Irons, Roasters, Toasters and Vacuum Cleaners. This is the earliest Westinghouse ad that I have. So I think we can assume that Westinghouse had dishwashers, and/or Electric Sinks pre-WWII as well.
I also believe that I have seen, somewhere, pre-WWII dishwashers, marketed by Hotpoint.
Mike
We are lucky to have modern chemistry. The machines are quite adequate, certainly better than handwashing, i think any dissatisfaction was related to poor detergents. I bet "vintage calgonite" would burn your flesh off. Was it packaged in a box or metal can pre-war? GE certainly did not waste time with a picture of the product/calgonite, kind of strange since most people would be buying a supply after the purchase of the machine. alr
passatdoc
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The woman who invented the early dishwasher, whose patents were eventually acquired by Hobart, did so mainly to prevent chips in her fine china. She was wealthy and had servants, so reducing "dishwashing drudgery" was not the impetus.
@dishwashercrazy: thanks for the info. I think I recall the ad: featured product in the middle, with a circle of other products around it, including the Laundromat. My father attended the 1939-40 New York World's Fair as a boy, and recalls seeing dishwashers at the Westinghouse pavilion. The star of the Westinghouse exhibit however was a robot named "Electro". Like early televisions, only the wealthy could afford luxuries such as dishwashers in the pre-war era. Dishwashers came to be viewed as "standard equipment" rather than "luxuries" only in the late 1960s. I grew up in San Diego, where the suburban areas underwent rapid growth in the late 60s/early 70s, and I remember seeing tract home ads that boasted that the homes included "automatic dishwashers". The GE Electric Sink was not automatic, but it was a step in the right direction, like the first Bendix FL washer.
@dishwashercrazy: thanks for the info. I think I recall the ad: featured product in the middle, with a circle of other products around it, including the Laundromat. My father attended the 1939-40 New York World's Fair as a boy, and recalls seeing dishwashers at the Westinghouse pavilion. The star of the Westinghouse exhibit however was a robot named "Electro". Like early televisions, only the wealthy could afford luxuries such as dishwashers in the pre-war era. Dishwashers came to be viewed as "standard equipment" rather than "luxuries" only in the late 1960s. I grew up in San Diego, where the suburban areas underwent rapid growth in the late 60s/early 70s, and I remember seeing tract home ads that boasted that the homes included "automatic dishwashers". The GE Electric Sink was not automatic, but it was a step in the right direction, like the first Bendix FL washer.
mickeyd
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I just stumbled upon this while viewing the Savage from Mart
This stuff just sends me over the top. It's the Apex Dasher in action. Is ksdaddy one of us? The name is ringing a big bell. Should check the thousand plus member list.
This stuff just sends me over the top. It's the Apex Dasher in action. Is ksdaddy one of us? The name is ringing a big bell. Should check the thousand plus member list.
dishwashercrazy
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Yes, here is the link from June 2010. There are several replies with links to his videos of the Apex Wringer Washer.
Mike
www.automaticwasher.org
Mike
1940s Apex wringer washer
New member here. Last week I bought an old Apex wringer washer. Based on ebay ads, it's likely 40s. I paid $15 for it. The agitator worked fine right away. The drain hose was completely rotten so I went to Lowe's and found the closest thing, a hose for a dishwasher. One end fit the pump fine...
www.automaticwasher.org
cehalstead
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I have a "House Beautiful" magazine from October, 1938 that has a full page color ad for a HotPoint Electic Kitchen. This includes the HP version of the electric sink. (just as a side note.....the house i grew up in was built in 1952 and had a HotPoint Electric sink installed when it was built. We moved here in 1962, and the dishwasher worked until 1972. I still live in the house, but the entire kitchen was replaced in 1997. I salvaged the metal cabinets and made a basement kitchen with the cabinets.)
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