The Fat Lady Has Sung - Goodbye Maytag

[KurtDixon]

Ah ok I see now, thanks for the info. I've seen an older style Frigidaire washer run. Aside from the quality problems, that washer is quieter than direct drive Whirlpools.

 

[launderess]

One has to remember after WWII many American companies turned to making appliances to make use of all the surplus to requirement factories/space previously used for the war effort. Also with the returning GIs (and their money in the form of the GI bill), housing shortages, building up of the surburbs/new housing, baby boom, and all the other factors of the post war American economic boom, there was a huge appliance market. So many had done without during the war, everyone was now looking forward to making up for lost time.

General Motors had it's hand in many pies, including making locomotives and RR coaches.

Launderess

 

[gansky1]

Here is the history of White Sewing Machines which later morphed into WCI...

http://www.nhlink.net/ClevelandNeighborhoods/cudell/history.htm

 

[sudsmaster]

Actually, White Motors was always a separate company from the White Sewing Machine company, and was never part of White Consolidated (although it tried twice to merge iwth it). It eventually went bankrupt in 1980 and its truck plants were sold off to Volvo, who kept the White truck name going until the 90's.

http://www.wrhs.org/crawford/template.asp?id=374

 

[launderess]

Stand corrected then.

Checked my sources and yes, both times White Motors tried to merge with it's parent company, it was put off. IIRC the second time WCI's shareholders voted the merger down out of fear the failing WM would drag down WCI.