When I was a little kid, my neighbors the Sircle family had the "Embassy" model in the blonde finish, with the swivel base. Mrs Sircle was beautiful, as she looked almost exactly like Lena Horne.
Vintage Appliance Advertisements: Part Thirty-two
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phillymatt53
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When "I" was a little kid..... I was a tormenting little bastard.
I picked on my two sisters, put dead bugs in their bed, played with backyard worms and mud.
Shook salt shakers on the slugs after a rain to watch them die.
I took the family record player apart and ruined it.
In elementary school I carved my name in the wooden desktop and got in trouble.
And I climbed the backyard fence to get into the Anderson's yard so I could pig out on blueberries, rasberries, and peaches from their garden.
Yes Matt, so was I. Thankfully I was a free range kid that only had to go home for meals and experienced alot before high school. There I had the most fun and when I was a Senior, we could legally drink, vote and even get a car loan. I miss those fun days as being an old fart now sucks.
phillymatt53
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Indeed I can relate to that!
I've told people, friends, that "When we were young, all we talked or were concerned about was having fun, and talking about our conquests...."
"But now, as we are old farts, all we ever seem to talk about are our illnesses, backaches, and our bowel troubles."
You sound like the little boy in the 1955 song "Nuttin' for Christmas"!
phillymatt53
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I suppose that I was like Barry Gorden in that song.
I was an active kid, and always getting into something.
I actually have that 45 rpm single that my parents bought back in the 1950s!
KitchenAid 1972
KitchenAid 1964
KitchenAid 1971
Frigidaire 1935
Phonola 1964
Gainaday 1917
Thor 1917
The Home Specialty Co. 1917
Hotpoint 1970
Philco 1958
Zenith 1959
phillymatt53
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A friend of mine's mother worked at the original Philco factory here in Philadelphia, assembling TV chassis.
Philco name was taken from Philadelphia Battery Company way back when.
They made car batteries among others.
Muntz 1962
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phillymatt53
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Yes indeed, MUNTZ tv was keen on keeping prices low to attract customers.
In fact, all their products were "El Cheapo" models.
"Madman Muntz" would go around his factory design department with a pair of snips in hand, and snip out parts that he thought would not affect the product operation noticeably. - thus saving parts costs and allowing him to price things cheaper, while still making a profit.
They call it "bare bones" design these days.
"You Get What You Paid For".
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