When did Pink start showing up?

[rp2813]

Well mom, Flossie's not a '57.  She's a little younger.  Maybe '59 or '60.  On a '57, the shelves spin around on a center post up front, and the interior is . . . pink!  See below!

 

Being a later model with an improved shelf system, Flossie has more usable space.

 

It's comforting to see the lump of frost forming at left front up top in the freezer.  My '57 does the same thing.

 

 

[mom11]

Thank you...

Tom,for the paint code for the Hotpoint pink. This will be so valuable on getting a perfect match to Beulah(my Hotpoint range).

And thank you, Ralph, for clarifying Flossie's birthday. I had wondered if the seller had gotten that right as I started to look at other 50s GEs. My foot pedal does not go all the way across. It is just about the size of a foot. I also wondered about the interior color. But when I plugged the model # into that "how to date your GE appliance" chart it came up as 1957. Now I know.

Your '57 is just beautiful and quite a bit bigger than mine. What is the capacity on her? Mine is 12 cubic feet. And how do I figure out how many cubic feet are in the '53 Hotpoint. I have the original owner's manual and I don't see that listed.
Thanks again to you all.

 

[rp2813]

Mom, my '57 is around 12 cf too.  It's not even 6' tall.  I think the bottom freezer models were larger.

 

Your '53 is probably around 12 cf since it has a bit of door storage.

 

I didn't realize that the shots I posted above don't show the crispers.  Here's one that does:

 

 

 

[daveamkrayoguy]

Just stumbled into this, while randomly wondering:

Okay, then, when did Pink stop?

Did Avocado replace "it", along with Turquoise?

-- Dave

 

[norgeway]

All I can ad

Is Westinghouse had what they called Confection Colors, Mint Aqua Frosting Pink and a yellow were all different than anyone elses,,,My favorites.

 

[launderess]

From now on Think Pink!

Think pink! think pink! when you shop for summer clothes
Think pink! think pink! if you want that quel-que chose
Red is dead, blue is through,
Green's obscene, brown's taboo
And there is not the slightest excuse for plum or puce
or chartreuse!



Pink was one of the signature colors of post war America! It was everywhere from fashions, interior decorating to automobiles and beyond. Even poor dogs couldn't escape having their fur dyed pink.

 

[circlew]

The Westinghouse yellow Hans mentioned was called "Lemon Yellow". They also had "Sugar White".

 

[daveamkrayoguy]

In case, at this point, anyone wonders about my Post that I removed, and what it said, I was actually asking when Pink disappeared...

 

Yes, I read in the History of Color Appliances, that it disappeared in 1965, and my thinking Avocado replaced it, learned that in 1966, Avocado replaced Turquoise...

 

 

 

-- Dave

 

[launderess]

Pink was part of the whole return to femininity, softness, woman, etc... that was high on the post war agenda. The 1940's had been about dreary, dark, drab and somber colors both because of the mood (largely shaped by death) associated with war, but also the various shortages.

https://www.quora.com/Home-Decor-Why-was-pink-such-a-popular-color-for-bathrooms-1940s-60s

Some people of course took this to extremes: https://www.messynessychic.com/2014/01/29/the-original-barbie-house-inside-the-mansfield-mansion/

By the middle to late 1960's another change was in the air. The whole hippie/earth movement was beginning along with civil rights and other cultural shifts. This began to show up in decorating, fashions, automobiles and so forth in the "earth tones" that would come to dominate the 1970's.

Shades of avocado, sienna, orange, brown, gold

 

[daveamkrayoguy]

The Sixties! ('60's)

Yes, now I see the Chronology, and how these colors in things like appliances, cars, and multitudes of clothing, fashion, and other home furnishings can relate, just from that decade there, alone...!

 

 

 

-- Dave

 

[turquoisedude]

Wasn't there a line in the first season of 'Mad Men' where Roger Sterling quips about a household product that "It's just this year's candy-pink stove"....