Here is a vintage dryer, I've never seen this brand before. Looks like Bradford
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Sweet dryer. Who made this??
Old Bradford Dryer
This one has me stumped also, never saw anything quite like it, it may be the only one left LOL. And it does look to be in good condition.
This one has me stumped also, never saw anything quite like it, it may be the only one left LOL. And it does look to be in good condition.
vintagekenmore
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it is a Bradford!
Bradford was the house brand of Grant's department store. They were a mid-west chain, which went out of business in the 70s.
When I was a kid in Michigan, our neighbor's Dad was a Grant's store manager. All their non-builder supplied appliances were Bradford. Naturally the ones I remember best were the washer/dryer, which were Avocado, were brand new, and appeard to be Norge built, at least the washer. This was the mid-1970s.
This dryer appears about 20-years older? Who knows what manufacturer they came from back then.
Gordon
When I was a kid in Michigan, our neighbor's Dad was a Grant's store manager. All their non-builder supplied appliances were Bradford. Naturally the ones I remember best were the washer/dryer, which were Avocado, were brand new, and appeard to be Norge built, at least the washer. This was the mid-1970s.
This dryer appears about 20-years older? Who knows what manufacturer they came from back then.
Gordon
golittlesport
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When I was a kid, my aunt in Hamburg NY had a very similar dryer under the brand name Universal. It had that same large door and filter set up, but her dryer had the control knobs on the front of the cabinet.
I'm coming at this from a different angle...was there ever a Bradford Stove Company (Bradford, PA is a small industrial city in Pennsylvania). I don't think Grants ever had a credit business (or appliances, which rely on a credit business) before roughly 1965 or so.
I'd bet this was a re-badge for the stove company (viz: Caloric dryer) without any connection to Grants.
I'd bet this was a re-badge for the stove company (viz: Caloric dryer) without any connection to Grants.
Pennsylvania it is
I have a 1954 ad from Electrical Merchandising magazine that shows this dryer under the brand name "Douglas" from Douglas Home Appliances a division of Pennsylvania Range Boiler Co. 24th and Ellsworth Sts, Philadelphia. This particular dryer has one dial on the front left corner. I have seen ads for this machine under the brand name Stieglitz.
I have a 1954 ad from Electrical Merchandising magazine that shows this dryer under the brand name "Douglas" from Douglas Home Appliances a division of Pennsylvania Range Boiler Co. 24th and Ellsworth Sts, Philadelphia. This particular dryer has one dial on the front left corner. I have seen ads for this machine under the brand name Stieglitz.
macboy91si
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Dryer Opening
This smells of Blackstone a little to me...
-Tim
This smells of Blackstone a little to me...
-Tim
