Isn't this the matching washer to a dryer listing I posted earlier?
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Looks pretty "Deluxe" with push buttons and water levels! My guess is 1953. My '55 just had a dial of three water temps. And the old workhorse "straight-vane" agitator. A good clean-up and this one should look pretty good! What a classic '50s Kenmore look.
SactoTeddyBear
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This is the very same Model "Frog-Eye" Kenmore Washer that my Parent's had bought new. When I first started teaching myself how to Repair Washers and Dryers, this was also my very First Washer that I bought to take apart, to learn the Part's and what they did, connecting together underneath and how the Time, Temp and Water Level Control's operated.
If this one was way closer to where I live, I would "Jump" on it right away and if I had the funding to play E-Bay's Bidding Games...
Peace and Happy Washing, Steve
SactoTeddyBear...
This is the very same Model "Frog-Eye" Kenmore Washer that my Parent's had bought new. When I first started teaching myself how to Repair Washers and Dryers, this was also my very First Washer that I bought to take apart, to learn the Part's and what they did, connecting together underneath and how the Time, Temp and Water Level Control's operated.
If this one was way closer to where I live, I would "Jump" on it right away and if I had the funding to play E-Bay's Bidding Games...
Peace and Happy Washing, Steve
SactoTeddyBear...
I'm pretty sure that's the same or similar Kenmore washer my folks had prior to me arriving in 56. Ours did have a sud-saver on it. They must have got it around 1950-51 when my sis was born and they had just moved cities. Mom never mentioned ever having a wringer washer so that was her first since emigrating from the UK in 48. Our dryer was a later Kenmore and what I remember about it was that it had a "purple" light in the drum..ultraviolet. I was always told not to play in there and look at the light I only recollect one family in the neighborhood having a wringer washer and the mom losing part of her finger in it. The Kenmore washer lasted until 1974 and she bought a new Kenmore which finally went in about 2002
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Re: Frog-Eye Agitator:
My Parent's Kenmore Washer like this one on E-Bay had the "Oversized" Bakelite Roto-Swirl Agitator in it, rather than the Straight-Vane Agitator that a lot of the "BOL" Model's have in them. I personally think that the Roto-Swirl's were a much better "Roll-Over" Action, besides I always thought that they were the neatest watching, no matter what Water Level and Load Size was being Washed. Oh! How I miss the Noises of those old "Frog-Eye" Kenmore Washers and even the old Kenmore Dryer's with the Blower towards the top area instead of the bottom area of the Drums, with their "Whirly-Air" Sounds that they made, including when the Dryer was starting and ending the Drying Cycles. I think that the "Whirly-Air" Noise was far more superior to the "End-Of-Cycle" Signal's that they have these days, it certainly let you know when the Dryer was finished Drying the Laundry...
Peace, Happy Memories of the "Good Ol' Days"
and Good Friends, Steve
SactoTeddyBear...
My Parent's Kenmore Washer like this one on E-Bay had the "Oversized" Bakelite Roto-Swirl Agitator in it, rather than the Straight-Vane Agitator that a lot of the "BOL" Model's have in them. I personally think that the Roto-Swirl's were a much better "Roll-Over" Action, besides I always thought that they were the neatest watching, no matter what Water Level and Load Size was being Washed. Oh! How I miss the Noises of those old "Frog-Eye" Kenmore Washers and even the old Kenmore Dryer's with the Blower towards the top area instead of the bottom area of the Drums, with their "Whirly-Air" Sounds that they made, including when the Dryer was starting and ending the Drying Cycles. I think that the "Whirly-Air" Noise was far more superior to the "End-Of-Cycle" Signal's that they have these days, it certainly let you know when the Dryer was finished Drying the Laundry...
Peace, Happy Memories of the "Good Ol' Days"
and Good Friends, Steve
SactoTeddyBear...
I knew I wasn't crazy. My aunt and godmother bought used a push-button matched set like this. I wish there aws a gerat Kenmore historian here because I do remember it had buttons and didn't have a filter. The reason why they got the pair was from a neighbor who wanted new ones cuz the timer didn't work right anymore. It had a "modern fabrics" cycle on it which I vividly remember, cuz I tried it once, it just sat & "grrr"ed. And yes, the dryer had the ultraviolit light and had push-buttons also. I can still smell that "smell" of opening the washer when it wasn't in use. This one lasted until the 64 or 65 Model 500 they bought. The dryer was replaced by the model 70 dryer that matches the washer Mark (lightedcontrols) found.
jasonl
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And it's in Massachusetts!
Oh I wish I had my own house with a basement right about now. This is the land of vintage stuff so getting a collection shouldn't bee too hard.
Oh I wish I had my own house with a basement right about now. This is the land of vintage stuff so getting a collection shouldn't bee too hard.
Is this the 24" wide model, similar to Unimatic's?
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This looks more like a 29" model...the 24" model gives the illusion of a bigger "eye", as shown here...
