Why cant something like THIS!!

[norgeway]

Turn up near NC!!!!!

http://detroit.craigslist.org/mcb/app/4221072000.html

 

[ovrphil]

norgeway...well, I missed helping you there, by two months. (my mom-in-law is right there, at 12mile and Hoover).
Do you use your 1947 Norge (gas?) as a daily driver?

 

[rp2813]

That looks a lot like the coppertone Norge our next door neighbor Coral would occasionally singe her hair on while lighting a cigarette.

 

The florescent panel was used to light the kitchen every night.  It was easily visible from my bedroom window.

 

[norgeway]

47 Norge..

No , it was electric, the thermostat went out on it and I found the 55 that is in the kitchen now, wish I had all the old stoves I have had down thru the years, if I ever find another one from the 40s that is in good shape I will keep it, here is the one im using now, 1955, 41 inch, 2 ovens , griddle, speed heat and a deep well....and it weighs a ton!

 

[norgeway]

A better

Picture.

 

[polkanut]

That Norge gas range in the CL ad looks more like a mid 1960's model.  A 1940's range would be more rounded looking I would think.

 

[hydralique]

Ditto . . .

That range in the ad is clearly not from 1950,  more like the late '50s at the earliest and probably the early '60s. Why can't advertisers be honest about this kind of thing? Trying to add 10 years of age to an old appliance doesn't make it more valuable.

 

[firedome]

Early '60s at least...

maybe mid 60s, even?

 

[hydralique]

Could be even late '60s, but I'm guessing the design itself dates from no earlier than '58 and no later than '64. The control console is treated as a separate design element from the range top, notice the way the console base is not full width. This sort of thing was most common around '60, remember the many appliances with "floating" consoles. Once a manufacturer got a design into production it could hang around for awhile, making it harder to date. It's a nice looking range, just clearly not made in 1950.

 

[tomturbomatic]

....and it weighs a ton!

But, hun, you aren't supposed to lift it up each night to sweep under it. Just let it sit there and hold the floor down.