Strange Turquoise GE Range.
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Other than her's being white, that's the exact range my aunt had when she moved into a high-rise apartment in Houston in 1967 or 1968 and the building was just a couple of years old. I think it's part of the GE Americana series. As indicated, there is no lover oven. I'm not really sure what market this was targeted to though. Maybe our resident GE expert(s) can shed light on that.
danemodsandy
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Dave:
That looks like the upper part of a GE Americana 30" double-oven range, like GE used those components to create a semi-built-in model that gave consumers the functionality of an eye-level wall oven without as much building-in expense. Strange unit.
On the double-oven Americana (at least the one I had in a house I lived in years ago; can't speak for every Americana model of every year), the lower oven was P*7 self-cleaning, and the upper oven had removable wall panels that went in the lower oven during a cleaning cycle. Great use of space - two big ovens and four burners in only thirty inches of width. There was also an optional vent hood that stacked on top of the range, with a front panel that tilted outward. When you needed venting, you pulled that panel outward and up, and the hood began exhausting. I loved everything about that range except its Harvest Gold colour.
That looks like the upper part of a GE Americana 30" double-oven range, like GE used those components to create a semi-built-in model that gave consumers the functionality of an eye-level wall oven without as much building-in expense. Strange unit.
On the double-oven Americana (at least the one I had in a house I lived in years ago; can't speak for every Americana model of every year), the lower oven was P*7 self-cleaning, and the upper oven had removable wall panels that went in the lower oven during a cleaning cycle. Great use of space - two big ovens and four burners in only thirty inches of width. There was also an optional vent hood that stacked on top of the range, with a front panel that tilted outward. When you needed venting, you pulled that panel outward and up, and the hood began exhausting. I loved everything about that range except its Harvest Gold colour.
They used these in a lot of TV shows back then
The Hi-Lo.
The Hi-Lo.
Hometechdoc
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My Dad used this model
My dad was a high end custom home builder in Richmond, VA. In 1965 he built one of the first mid-rise condos in the city. He used this model and the matching dishwasher and a bottom mount refrigerator. Some units had turguise, some had coppertone and some had white.
I rmember the diswhasher had two covered detergent compartments for a total of three washes.
My dad was a high end custom home builder in Richmond, VA. In 1965 he built one of the first mid-rise condos in the city. He used this model and the matching dishwasher and a bottom mount refrigerator. Some units had turguise, some had coppertone and some had white.
I rmember the diswhasher had two covered detergent compartments for a total of three washes.
laundromat
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I've seen many of these in apartment complexes. GE's version of the Flair.
sdlee
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we had a kenmore like that in the 60s and 70s. Ours was gas,copper brown and not only had the top oven but a lower oven as well. The One thing that always freaked me out was that the burners could slide back and disapper into an area behind the stove, very strange coz I still dont know where they went to. Anyway when they slid away they were repalced bya retractable silver counter top. Go figure...my mother loved it by the way and bawled her eyes out the day she sold it.Later in life I had an electric Gibson that was smilar to it.
dogboy44
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I have had each of these
in my first apartments years ago. so modern!
in my first apartments years ago. so modern!
