Vintage Hotpoint DW

[gadgetgary]

Take a look at this one AW Buddies:

Pardon Our Interruption...

 

[cehalstead]

vintage dishwasher

The interior is the same as the one in the 1952 Hotpoint ElecticSink that used to be in our house. We used that machine until 1973. Basically, it scalded the dishes with hot water (very hot). Wasn't much for actual cleaning, and you couldn't even think about putting anything plastic in it. Would turn into a molten blob at the bottom of the tub.

 

[tomturbomatic]

Back in the early 70s, we went through Callanwolde before anything much had been done to turn it from a Candler mansion (Candler as in Coca-Cola Candler) into the DeKalb County Arts Center it would become. The huge kitchen was pretty neat. It was divided into two parts, the part with enormous stoves and what was called the cold pantry. It had the big old refrigerators, sinks and this dishwasher in yellow to match the cabinets. I believe that one of the first things done there was the Atlanta Symphony's Decorator Show House. The home, built in the 20s had a huge pipe organ in it. A church across Briarcliff Road had investigated removing the organ from the house to replace the one in the sanctuary, but it was determined that the house would almost have to be torn down to remove it. Mom was in a group that was helping to sponsoring this fund raiser so after we went through it one afternoon, she gave me a couple of tickets so that I could go back one evening. A friend and I did go. We learned that after the death of her husband, the widow lived in a couple of rooms in one wing until she died. From her sunporch, we looked down across the courtyard that evening into the living room and even with a large number of people in it, it was not crowded. As people left before closing, we wound up in the living room with maybe 4 or 5 other people and it was almost spooky being in that huge room with so few people as it got dark outside, a completely different experience than in the afternoon light. One of mom's friends who worked hard to make the place what it is today died just a couple of weeks ago, so all of these experiences have been topics of conversation. Mom was not as impressed as I with the dishwasher.

 

[tlee618]

Tom what an intereting story. I have often wondered myself when you see some of these huge old mansions how it must have been to live in them. I think it would be very spooky. Would love to see this place sometime. Terry

 

[tomturbomatic]

Those racks, except for the hardware cloth under the bottom rack and the rolling frame, are just like the racks in the GE top loading dishwashers of the 40s and early 50s. It does not have a detergent dispenser that makes two washes possible, so it was probably a better rinser than washer, especially with the detergents of the period.

 

[cvillewasherbo]

loading the lower rack

Do you have to remove the top rack before you load the bottom rack? I've watched the video of Harriet's new HP D'washer and I think she took it out first, loaded the bottom, put the top back on and loaded it, then dumped some detergent on the door and closed it.
c'villewasherboi

 

[appnut]

Courtney, the couple of units I actually got to play with in real life when I was 5-9 yeaers old all had to have to top rack removed to load the bottom. One household actually kept the top rack on the countertop to put the stuff in that rack as well as load the bottom. Then when ready to start the machine, put the top rack back on. Now there were other models, maybe not this ebay's particular year, that had the same rack arrangement, but teh two racks were independent of each other for random loading lol.