Anybody know the brand?
Vivian Vance's refrigerator
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I can't figure out the fridge, but she could sure use an update to her sink faucet(s).
I thought that, too! It looks Thirties-ish.
From the look of the handles it might be a Coldspot.
classiccaprice
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I was going to say that the range bears similarities to my Roper built Kenmore.
The cookware
is definitely waterless Regal. Looks like "Seal-0-Matic" to me
is definitely waterless Regal. Looks like "Seal-0-Matic" to me
Thanks. I didn't even know Roper made refrigerators for Sears. Thought they were Whirlpool-Seeger.
Lol, Jon. I saw the same thing with the Seal-O-Matic! The raised circle in the bottom and the handle give it away.
I thought the refrigerator looked like a Coldspot as well. It would have been a WP built, I don't think Roper ever built anything but ranges/cooking products and perhaps a dryer in the early 50's. Could be though, Speed Queen built refrigerators back in the 30's.
I thought the refrigerator looked like a Coldspot as well. It would have been a WP built, I don't think Roper ever built anything but ranges/cooking products and perhaps a dryer in the early 50's. Could be though, Speed Queen built refrigerators back in the 30's.
classiccaprice
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I didn't mean the fridge was roper built. If the range is a Kenmore, then it would help support that the refrigerator is a Coldspot.
Did Roper build all of Sears' ranges through the years? I almost never saw a Kenmore range growing up until much later in the 70's and 80's.
classiccaprice
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I don't know.
I do know that they built their gas ranges for quite a few years. Someone else may know the dates. Here's my 1958 Kenmore gas range, the same one in Edith Bunker's kitchen on All in the Family. Forgive the shadow!
I do know that they built their gas ranges for quite a few years. Someone else may know the dates. Here's my 1958 Kenmore gas range, the same one in Edith Bunker's kitchen on All in the Family. Forgive the shadow!
Odds are the set decorators used what ever was old and handy. No TOL appliances on The Lucy Show.
I wonder if the actors got paid extra for doing these commercials, and the writers too since they were " in character" sort of or if it was part of their contract with the show.
I wonder if the actors got paid extra for doing these commercials, and the writers too since they were " in character" sort of or if it was part of their contract with the show.
I think the fridge is probably a Kenmore or Whirlpool. The lower panel is visible in the first view, and looks to be the size used on those.
Agree the cookware looks like Seal-O-Matic or equivalent, as my Aunt Doris had those.
As for the sink and faucets, they look more "20's" to me. Those individual faucets would have been considered very outdated by the late 30's by anyone who could afford better.
Agree the cookware looks like Seal-O-Matic or equivalent, as my Aunt Doris had those.
As for the sink and faucets, they look more "20's" to me. Those individual faucets would have been considered very outdated by the late 30's by anyone who could afford better.
*does double take* Oh, you DID say "range" not "fridge," Will. I didn't think Roper made fridges but was willing to be convinced. 
Your range looks nice.
Your range looks nice.
classiccaprice
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No worries. It happens to all of us. 
A few points here, at least starting w/ My Opinion:
I would imagine rather than a private label like Sears which the retailer would be promoted more than a "Coldspot" or a "Kenmore", that we're talking Roper for the range and Whirlpool for the fridge (though the in-laws had a top freezer Coldspot that those handles on the refrigerator remind me of, as well as other Coldspots I've seen)...
Then, seeing 'Vivian Vance's Fridge' being the topic, it to me, meant non-other than Cheap Fred only springing for a Monitor Top that at least uses electricity, as opposed to ice, which I saw on at least one episode of I LOVE LUCY...
Then, the Swan brand, I no longer see for any kind of detergent or dish soap (and I probably could only remember seeing it on the sink top only vaguely!) but now-a-days, for Cake Flour, and with a very similar logo...!
-- Dave
I would imagine rather than a private label like Sears which the retailer would be promoted more than a "Coldspot" or a "Kenmore", that we're talking Roper for the range and Whirlpool for the fridge (though the in-laws had a top freezer Coldspot that those handles on the refrigerator remind me of, as well as other Coldspots I've seen)...
Then, seeing 'Vivian Vance's Fridge' being the topic, it to me, meant non-other than Cheap Fred only springing for a Monitor Top that at least uses electricity, as opposed to ice, which I saw on at least one episode of I LOVE LUCY...
Then, the Swan brand, I no longer see for any kind of detergent or dish soap (and I probably could only remember seeing it on the sink top only vaguely!) but now-a-days, for Cake Flour, and with a very similar logo...!
-- Dave
classiccaprice
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I concur that the range is probably a Roper. I just brought up similarities to my Roper built Kenmore.
