Vintage photos of wringer washers

[aldspinboy]

We got there and had a fantastic dinner
and great music he has a wounderful organ.
Here we are in the best room of the house washing in the
GE wringer with a actavator.
Some has seen this since I left the videos unlocked.
Agitating.

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[aldspinboy]

Vid 2.
Filling & agitating.
Love the Click Clack sound.

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[aldspinboy]

Vid 3.
Washing.
Thanks Gary.
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[aldspinboy]

Austin made this video and he will be missed!
What a great guy !
Very hurt by the situation long live Austin.
Eugine here is the twin tub.
Me and Mike,Gary, Fred, & Todd.
There was a leaf in the water I scared myself
when I snatched it.
Impulse.

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[aldspinboy]

Fred & Gary Wringing.

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[aldspinboy]

Pic.
Still Shot.

 

[aldspinboy]

Pic 2.
Still.
End game
Darren k

 

[abcomatic]

Darren

HI Darren, Great pictures of the wash-in at Mike's and my house. What happaned to Austin? Thanks for sharing the pictures. Gary

 

[aldspinboy]

Thanks Gary.
Aulstin took his life and is no longer with us
Unfortunetly.
But he still lives in me and im sure for others here as well.
Darren k

 

[mickeyd]

The Vids! Fabulous! Hadn't seen them. Thanks, Darren.

It 's just so cool the way the Activator flips and flushes the clothes--WOW!-- just like the action in the 47 Automatic.

The Dexter vids and pix are amazing. What a unique machine. It's the closest thing to two washers in one ever conceived. An actual Twin Tub, as in identical.

People don't appreciate how well wringer washers moved the load.

GARY: Hi, Yes it is an SQ and the wringer works fine, but the wringer on my Tag has been snapping lately when it gets too wet. I don't know why it's doing that. I reset it or hold the upper handle when it refuses to reset. Then after it rests and dries, it fixes itself until it gets too wet again. I took a Tag wringer apart once and there's a lot of stuff going on which I have yet to master. Some day...... ;'D

 

[abcomatic]

Darren

Darren, I am so sorry to hear that. I hope you are doing well with your lose? Gary

 

[historyman]

Montgomery Wards wringers are basically rebadged Speed Queens? They look very familiar. Am I right?

 

[bradross]

GE vintage wringers

Here's a couple more for your enjoyment!

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[dishwashercrazy]

I would like to submit this photo duo of my Mom's Dexter Double-Tub Washer.

Top: Me (Mike) at age 14 months, taken in March 1954. The bug had bitten me by this early age.

Bottom: Me at age 3 1/2, and my sister (Lynn) at age 2 1/2, taken in August 1956. She did not get bitten, but appreciates my collection today. Surprisingly, it is her oldest son (Tyler) who is really interested in the collection when he is at my house for rare family get-togethers.

Mike

 

[westingman123]

That's too cute!

 

[bradross]

Rub-a-Dub-Dub, two toddlers in a tub...

Mike, great pics - very cute! Thanks for posting them!

 

[dishwashercrazy]

You are quite welcome, Brad.

 

[mickeyd]

Mike and Brad

Really digging the juxtaposition of the 4 black and whites. Love how you can date the decades by the gals' aprons. And seeing the hooked-over-sink drain hose on the 50's GE is so satisfying, Very artsy how she has no visible rinsing tubs: she's either rinsing in the sink or right in her big GE. The 30's lady in her starched apron and severe hair-do is all business with her set tubs and very severe GE.

 

And now we have Gerber-worthy shots of Mike and Lynn having a ball in the Dexter Twin, through the years. Wonderful. Interesting to hear your nephew has the gene.

 

These great pix make me think that this is exactly what Brad had hoped for when he created the thread.

 

[westingman123]

Let us not forget the mangle in the background of the '50's pic! I want that laundry room/kitchen! Youngstown cabinets and all.

 

[luckyfind]

great pics and history... question

Great photos. Much history... Americana here. I need help finding an age on a new find! Im also liking the fact that the item does not match exactly anything i can find on the web... similar.. i figured they were so poor they did not contine the line or this may be a rare find. Thanks for any input. It is a Norge wringer washer.. has 5 casters model. I saw the pristine version in a couple pics. This unit has a elegant, fine checkere design (24" long and 8 inches deep aprox)maybe turquoise with gold... hard to tell as it does have some unfortuneate paint accidently covering a third of the unit, from a trailer painter as it sat in the corner of his shop. (black but may be able to restore) any help with year, info on the unit and perhaps a technique to gently remove some paint? Thanks Jim Also want to test it... without causing damage, so a heads up on Do's and Donts is appreciated.