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For the GE fans....1972....first year for the celery and avocado....?
Correct me if I have the date wrong
Correct me if I have the date wrong
When GE went green
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AVACADO COLOR
Beautiful scans David, but avocado as an appliance color was going strong by 1968 and harvest gold was widely available by 1969. The popular copper-tone color was around for much of the 1960s into the early 1980s as was the green and harvest colors.
Beautiful scans David, but avocado as an appliance color was going strong by 1968 and harvest gold was widely available by 1969. The popular copper-tone color was around for much of the 1960s into the early 1980s as was the green and harvest colors.
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I believe the first year for the new "Fresh Look"
I believe the first year for the new "Fresh Look"
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Oh John!
When he says "when GE went Green" he means the inside not the outside. This is the beginning, I guess of the period when beautiful GE Plastisol was yellowed to "[COLOR=#00ff00; font-size: medium]Celery[/COLOR]" and the rack vinyl turned to that Exorcist Pea-Soup color.IMHO a bad decision, but then, as usual, nobody asked my opinion.
David, what can I do to repay you for these scans. Now, if I could just be a little greedy and ask you if you have any brochures of washers, dryers and dishwashers from 1960, GE's Golden Anniversary year???? I would plotz, I would.
When he says "when GE went Green" he means the inside not the outside. This is the beginning, I guess of the period when beautiful GE Plastisol was yellowed to "[COLOR=#00ff00; font-size: medium]Celery[/COLOR]" and the rack vinyl turned to that Exorcist Pea-Soup color.IMHO a bad decision, but then, as usual, nobody asked my opinion.
David, what can I do to repay you for these scans. Now, if I could just be a little greedy and ask you if you have any brochures of washers, dryers and dishwashers from 1960, GE's Golden Anniversary year???? I would plotz, I would.
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Celery/Avocado
I have to admit that I love all shades of this. I think it looks quite nice, definitely a 70's thing.\
The lady in the yellow looks like a younger version of my high school Geometry teacher. Actually she probably was around that age in 1972 when she graduated college.
-Tim
I have to admit that I love all shades of this. I think it looks quite nice, definitely a 70's thing.\
The lady in the yellow looks like a younger version of my high school Geometry teacher. Actually she probably was around that age in 1972 when she graduated college.
-Tim
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GE first offered avacado in
1966....then in 1967 they introduced Harvest (GE never offically called it Harvest Gold).....PAT COFFEY
1966....then in 1967 they introduced Harvest (GE never offically called it Harvest Gold).....PAT COFFEY
<span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">Fantastic looking dishwashers. I have never seen these models.</span>
<span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">Was this series reliable? I love the control panel look.</span>
<span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">Thanks for the scans!</span>
<span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">Brent</span>
<span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">Was this series reliable? I love the control panel look.</span>
<span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">Thanks for the scans!</span>
<span style="font-family: georgia,palatino;">Brent</span>
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Top Loading Portables
What was the year GE and the rest start tapering off production of the Top Loading Portables ?
And would anyone know which manufacturer made TL Portables to the bitter end ?
Thanks, Eddie
Oh Yes, Thank you very much for the scan.
What was the year GE and the rest start tapering off production of the Top Loading Portables ?
And would anyone know which manufacturer made TL Portables to the bitter end ?
Thanks, Eddie
Oh Yes, Thank you very much for the scan.
...which manufacturer made TL Portables to the bitter end ?
<span style="color: #000000;">That's a really good question, especially now that I find I'm finding these models not only fascinating but I think they have their advantages over the front-loaders which have become universal. If anyone would know it would be John LeFevre. I thought they had all been discontinued by the early 1970's but we keep finding them, don't we? I've long held that Consumer's Reports villainized them so much that they ruined what small market remained for them. Also, as well all know, by the seventies, lots of consumers were building new kitchens and even the old guard were renovating kitchens across the country. Most of those new designs dedicated space and budget to built-ins and I don't think ANY built-in top loaders remained available at that point. The extensive choices available up to that point were there to entice a majority of Americans who had nicely built kitchens that didn't warrant an upgrade, where either the homemaker or her family cried "Uncle" and decided it would be nice to have a machine available to do the dishes. In that respect the top-loaders were superior in that they demanded much less space to use because you didn't have to account for an extra footprint of available space for the fold-down door. And I still maintain that my beloved Maytag WP-600 held more dishes than any machine on the market. I think that model was gone for good by 1975. I am collecting any and all top load dishwashers at this point just because I think they're nifty. Those old Whirlpool and KitchenAid top-loaders that were posted recently are, for lack of a better word, awesome.</span>
<span style="color: #000000;">I know the KitchenAid "Briva"(sp?) didn't last long but I think it would be great if one of today's manufacturers would make a top-loading dishwasher-sink combination like the ones from the Fifties. I like the idea of being able to transfer wet dishes directly from the sink to a tank standing next to it. And the top should be fashioned into a drain board.
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<span style="color: #000000;">That's a really good question, especially now that I find I'm finding these models not only fascinating but I think they have their advantages over the front-loaders which have become universal. If anyone would know it would be John LeFevre. I thought they had all been discontinued by the early 1970's but we keep finding them, don't we? I've long held that Consumer's Reports villainized them so much that they ruined what small market remained for them. Also, as well all know, by the seventies, lots of consumers were building new kitchens and even the old guard were renovating kitchens across the country. Most of those new designs dedicated space and budget to built-ins and I don't think ANY built-in top loaders remained available at that point. The extensive choices available up to that point were there to entice a majority of Americans who had nicely built kitchens that didn't warrant an upgrade, where either the homemaker or her family cried "Uncle" and decided it would be nice to have a machine available to do the dishes. In that respect the top-loaders were superior in that they demanded much less space to use because you didn't have to account for an extra footprint of available space for the fold-down door. And I still maintain that my beloved Maytag WP-600 held more dishes than any machine on the market. I think that model was gone for good by 1975. I am collecting any and all top load dishwashers at this point just because I think they're nifty. Those old Whirlpool and KitchenAid top-loaders that were posted recently are, for lack of a better word, awesome.</span>
<span style="color: #000000;">I know the KitchenAid "Briva"(sp?) didn't last long but I think it would be great if one of today's manufacturers would make a top-loading dishwasher-sink combination like the ones from the Fifties. I like the idea of being able to transfer wet dishes directly from the sink to a tank standing next to it. And the top should be fashioned into a drain board.
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GE!
Thanks again for the great posts. So much flexability offered with these models. I just wish they would have kept and enhanced on the potscrubber2 design.
Peter
Thanks again for the great posts. So much flexability offered with these models. I just wish they would have kept and enhanced on the potscrubber2 design.
Peter
The Briva seems to still be available on some of the European market.
KitchenAid In-Sink Dishwasher Model KDIX 8810
Gorgeous
That Americana TOL is a gorgeous machine. I'd actually own that! (I'd just have the KA next to it.) ;-)
Handsome control-panel--and I love the programmed selector.
I agree that the PS II plus this packaging would have been delicious. Oh, well, everyone needs a shelf for saucers in the bottom rack, right?
*crickets chirp*
That Americana TOL is a gorgeous machine. I'd actually own that! (I'd just have the KA next to it.) ;-)
Handsome control-panel--and I love the programmed selector.
I agree that the PS II plus this packaging would have been delicious. Oh, well, everyone needs a shelf for saucers in the bottom rack, right?
*crickets chirp*
"GE first offered avocado in 1966....then in 1967 they introduced Harvest (GE never offically called it Harvest Gold)"
And then they discontinued Turquoise and the whole American appliance industry started to go downhill . . . must be a connection somewhere!
And then they discontinued Turquoise and the whole American appliance industry started to go downhill . . . must be a connection somewhere!
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What the heck was...
"Rinse Glo"? Heated water rinse?
"Rinse Glo"? Heated water rinse?
Rinse aid.
"Rinse-Glo" was GE's trademark name for their rinse agent dispenser which on some models in the literature posted, is still optional and operated by a button. They had that set-up during the middle sixties and then they changed it back to how it started--no choice. Pity, that's still a good idea whose time is long past.
Most dishwashers back then heated the final rinse water--a prelude to "Sanitary" cycles but also, I imagine to speed up the drying portion of the cycle by going into the dry with a hot calrod. I remember with our GE SU70 that steam came jetting out of that brown grille as soon as the machine went into the dry cycle. Those dishes came out of that sucker DRY. And those were the days when I firmly believed that the whole tank filled with water and the bow-tie impeller stirred it all around like our Waring Blender.
That's OK; I also thought my uncle was a "confirmed bachelor".
Most dishwashers back then heated the final rinse water--a prelude to "Sanitary" cycles but also, I imagine to speed up the drying portion of the cycle by going into the dry with a hot calrod. I remember with our GE SU70 that steam came jetting out of that brown grille as soon as the machine went into the dry cycle. Those dishes came out of that sucker DRY. And those were the days when I firmly believed that the whole tank filled with water and the bow-tie impeller stirred it all around like our Waring Blender.
That's OK; I also thought my uncle was a "confirmed bachelor".
AHHHHHH!!
I need a cigarette, I'm over the top, I'm gonna have to go take a shower to clean up!! and crawl in bed and sleep--I'm totally spent!! (Does anyone get the idea I've just had an "experience" (he he he). David, I cannot thank you enough for this brochure scane. I never ever saw one of these in existence and up close and personal. Not even a brochure or close-up of the panel until now. I have heard these being elluded to over the years. I'm a happy bear!! Talk about sexy and flexible. I love all the options, particularly on the built-in version. I'd be one of the few true purchasers of this machine who would utilize all available settings to suit whatever soil level I had as well as intensity of drying needed. THIS is what I call an every-kitchen-item-washer and not simiply a dishwasher. I've always loved the two-different-shade-of-green tone interiors. I always felt they were far more asthetically soothing and pleasing than the tired out blue that had been around for so long by this time. This was a breath of fresh air in interiors of dishwahers. And Nate, I NEVER had an issue with the "saucer" shelf. why? Because EVERY GE or Hotpoint I had in apartments or in my own homes, I slightly bent back each of the tines of those "shelf". Voilla!!! Able to be very flexible and hold up to 7 cereal bowls with the "adjusted" tines. I detest havig cereal bowls in the top rack, takes up too valuable of real estate space upstairs. And that freed up space in the bottom rack for all sorts of other things. Maybe because almost all my dishes are from the 1960s lol. they all just seem to be "designed" to fit in GE and Hotpoint dishwashers. I love my Kenmore Elite TT, but there are times I still miss that "shelf". I always managed to somehow fully utilize that area, it was never wasted. And Ken, I though Rinse-glo was a terrific concept. Allowed one to chose or not choose rinse-aid for a load run through the mahine. Too baed others didn't adopt it.
I need a cigarette, I'm over the top, I'm gonna have to go take a shower to clean up!! and crawl in bed and sleep--I'm totally spent!! (Does anyone get the idea I've just had an "experience" (he he he). David, I cannot thank you enough for this brochure scane. I never ever saw one of these in existence and up close and personal. Not even a brochure or close-up of the panel until now. I have heard these being elluded to over the years. I'm a happy bear!! Talk about sexy and flexible. I love all the options, particularly on the built-in version. I'd be one of the few true purchasers of this machine who would utilize all available settings to suit whatever soil level I had as well as intensity of drying needed. THIS is what I call an every-kitchen-item-washer and not simiply a dishwasher. I've always loved the two-different-shade-of-green tone interiors. I always felt they were far more asthetically soothing and pleasing than the tired out blue that had been around for so long by this time. This was a breath of fresh air in interiors of dishwahers. And Nate, I NEVER had an issue with the "saucer" shelf. why? Because EVERY GE or Hotpoint I had in apartments or in my own homes, I slightly bent back each of the tines of those "shelf". Voilla!!! Able to be very flexible and hold up to 7 cereal bowls with the "adjusted" tines. I detest havig cereal bowls in the top rack, takes up too valuable of real estate space upstairs. And that freed up space in the bottom rack for all sorts of other things. Maybe because almost all my dishes are from the 1960s lol. they all just seem to be "designed" to fit in GE and Hotpoint dishwashers. I love my Kenmore Elite TT, but there are times I still miss that "shelf". I always managed to somehow fully utilize that area, it was never wasted. And Ken, I though Rinse-glo was a terrific concept. Allowed one to chose or not choose rinse-aid for a load run through the mahine. Too baed others didn't adopt it.
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continued with the top load portable into the early 1980's.
continued with the top load portable into the early 1980's.
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dave thanks so much for these greats dishwasher post i too love these beautiful vintage dishwashers your posts are a great keep them coming its something to really look forward to lou
dave thanks so much for these greats dishwasher post i too love these beautiful vintage dishwashers your posts are a great keep them coming its something to really look forward to lou
Question for JohnL (Mr. combo)
John, do you know what happened when you adjusted either of the two timing knobs--wash or dry? Did it slow down or speed up the timer motor during certain parts of the cycle? If I'm barking up the wrong tree, I'd love to know how these executed these functions.
John, do you know what happened when you adjusted either of the two timing knobs--wash or dry? Did it slow down or speed up the timer motor during certain parts of the cycle? If I'm barking up the wrong tree, I'd love to know how these executed these functions.
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it continues.....
FYI... The Americana dial control was very short lived, in 1972 I had specked it for the new home my parents were building in Florida. When the home was finished in 1973 and they moved in....SURPRISE!!! they had changed it to the new model.
Lots of buttons and a push to start dial. I believe thiswas the first of the PotScrubbers...I don't have the model number...I do have the use and care book, but it is a generic one.
FYI... The Americana dial control was very short lived, in 1972 I had specked it for the new home my parents were building in Florida. When the home was finished in 1973 and they moved in....SURPRISE!!! they had changed it to the new model.
Lots of buttons and a push to start dial. I believe thiswas the first of the PotScrubbers...I don't have the model number...I do have the use and care book, but it is a generic one.
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The couple has appeared in another DW brochure.....
The couple has appeared in another DW brochure.....
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