Sylvania washers??

[philr]

Has anyone seen one of these?

 

[wayupnorth]

My neighbors mother as a kid worked at the Sylvania plant in Bangor in a pretty good paying job. I know they got light bulbs and a Sylvania Color TV. They had a Maytag washer. I am sure if Elsie could get more at a discount from them she would before she retired and saw the ominous writing on the wall.

 

[jamiel]

Interesting...Leonard was a secondary brand for Kelvinator...at least in the US.

 

[philr]

Here too, Leonard was related to Kelvinator. I can't tell what this washer is. Strangely, Sylvania and Leonard were distributed by Northern Electric which was a related to Western Electric and Sylvania was part of GTE.

We also had a Sylvania "GT Matic" solid state color TV when I was a kid.

 

[frigilux]

Sylvania made front-loaders, too. This one shows they were one of the first to employ a pedestal to raise the washer off the floor. Rather than a drawer, seen on modern pedestals, this one sported a planter which was automatically watered using the final rinse water. Very rare!

 

[jamiel]

Canada has always had some strange hybridizations...thinking about RCA appliances as "a thing"--the key was apparently to provide full lines for local white/brown goods retailers...almost like "Firestone" appliances in the US.

 

[brucelucenta]

The washer is a Kelvinator. It looks just like all the old Leonard machines that Otasco used to sell here in Oklahoma and the surrounding area. Leonard is one of the rebadged names Kelvinator made.

 

[hilovane]

That Sylvania TV pictured, reminds me of the ones that used to be awarded as the "grand prize" on the original "BEAT THE CLOCK" back in the 1950's, except those were console models.

 

[philr]

Bruce, if it's like à Kelvinator, then I need to search for that! My grandpa worked for Northern Electric and he was a great fan of Leonard appliances and later Kelvinator. Even if the later ones he bought were WFI junk!

I have to say that when he retired, he bought Inglis laundry and dishwasher and also an Inglis range, He still had an old Leonard fridge and a newer Kelvinator fridge and chest freezer.

 

[combo52]

Sylvaina Automatic Washer

The pictured machine is diffidently a Kelvinator Washer

 

[brucelucenta]

PhilR

It would be great if you could find one. They are scarce as hen's teeth now, even ones with the Kelvinator name on them. Makes me sick to think about how many there used to be around back in the day...they were everywhere!!!