collecting other appliances

[phaeton]

Installed September 1961

My dad installed for my mom. It is long gone and for some reason I have is this booklet for it.

 

[gregvacs28]

that color

 


 


Was it really that cool color of Sherwood green or turquoise?

 

[tolivac]

Too nice of a disposer to hide under the sink!

 

[gottahaveahoove]

I was going to say

the same thing.
That's when appliances were getting attractive....like The Convertible 69, "Neptune Green".

 

[phaeton]

Yes it was

Yes, the color of the Lady Kenmore disposer was a shade of turquoise as seen on the pamphlet. Our eyes of today see that as way to good looking to hide under the sink.
Many things were move stylized than needed for their use. I know my dad bought it because he liked Kenmore products not because of way it looked and my mom just wanted a working garbage disposer.
Collecting I think is okay and can be fun. Some collect for profit and that is okay too. Have no fear collecting is here for the young also. Most likely the many items not yet made will be collected.
Now I am not sure I would call a sewing machine a small appliance but they also can be interesting, if not for function it would be for style. Pictured is a White Model 765 form about 1965 in all of its golden metallic glory.
I believe collecting is caused by a contagious disease passed on from bug bite.
Keep the good work up.

 

[electroluxxxx]

I’m trying to curb the collecting habit however when 2 sets of maytags come along how can one resist!! Both photos were the machines in their original habitat, once the basement is done I’ll post updated ones!

 

[gregvacs28]

I like that 50s kitchen in the colonial home in the second picture.  


 


Are you going to get both sets?


 


We to see your basement/show room.  Awesome.

 

[electroluxxxx]

I already have both sets plan on using them as regular machines. One set has been repaired/serviced, the other set just the washer has been serviced and in use and the dryer is in the midst of being repaired. So once the basement is finished (French drain, sealed and mortared walls) I’ll get a pic of both sets next to each other.

 

[electroluxxxx]

Hooked up and ready to wash!

 

[ultralux88]

Just got this one, going to install this with some family that had more food waste for me to shove down it, that live nearby... I have heard that this thing is a real beast...

 

[gregvacs28]

Ultralux88

 


Can I call you Grand Marquis?  


 


You plan to actually install and use that beauty?  Just my humble opinion: it's too nice to gunk up.  I love the color with the gold name plate. 


 


It looks sort of like a ISE disposer, though the mounting plate doesn't look familiar.

 

[gregvacs28]

Mike

 


Thanks for the pic.  It looks like you've updated all the utilities.  


 


I like that flat panel on the MTs.  We had a dryer like that when I was a kid but it had a handle you had to grab and turn to open the door.


 


Just realized the other MT set has the back lit panel, if I'm not mistaken.  That's a show stopper.  


 


It's nicer to have sets that are matched pairs.  Something that is more difficult to find.

 

[crazykirbydude]

I collect vintage computers and game systems as well as vacuum cleaners.

 

[human]

Over the past six or eight months, I've found myself accumulating vintage analog volt/ohm/milliammeters (aka multi-testers or multimeters). I acquired about twenty of them in a six- or eight-week period this past spring and finally had to make a conscious decision not to get any more. But I recently fell off the wagon and acquired a few additional meters. I don't know what it is I find so appealing about them but at least they don't take up much space. I think that over the holidays I'm going to go through my collection and thin out things a little, maybe just keep my top ten meters...or maybe twelve...or maybe....

 

[tolivac]

Lots of BROKEN meters at where I work-they get either sent out for repair or surplused.

 

[vacuumlad1650]

Vacuum cleaners? People collect vacuum cleaners? I've never heard of such a thing!

But seriously, folks...

I collect all sorts of items. Mainly the Sweepers, but other artifacts including:
-kitchen appliances
-Landline Telephones (pre 1980), not just Bell System, but GTE as well
-typewriters
-older hand tools
-older power tools
-Swingline Staplers

There are plenty of other doodads and mini collections, but these are some primary items.

 

[human]

Tolivac wrote:
Lots of BROKEN meters at where I work-they get either sent out for repair or surplused.

I reply:
Yes, the ones I'm most fond of are the older ones that are built to be repaired and calibrated, such as the Simpson 260 series. Like many things today, modern digital meters seem to be designed to be discarded after a fairly short useful lifespan. Analog meters from Radio Shack also seem to survive in large numbers, perhaps because they were more often bought by hobbyists and saw only occasional use on home workbenches instead of being put to more punishing professional/industrial use.

 

[luxflairguy]

I too have a love of small appliances and thanks to Hans Craig, have been building up my mixer collection! I also collect vintage lawn sprinklers-mostly Rain King. I love vintage table linens and have a huge collection of tablecloths and napkins. Goes along with my enjoyment of ironing, I guess! To each his (or her) own! Greg

 

[n0oxy]

another humidifier

Have not checked this board for a while, lots of new messages in this thread, I got another humidifier for my collection, this one is a steam one. It's awesome, it actually has three different steam modes including one that puts out steam at room temperature, that sounds contradictory but it works. I think it boils the water and is cooled by a fan as it exits the top grill.
Mike

https://www.vornado.com/shop/humidifiers/element-a2-air-steam-humidifier

 

[kirbyklekter]

How about electric portable space heaters

I have two parabolic heaters, one is a 1928 Edison Electric and the other is a mid-fifties Superlectric. The Edison is all copper and the other is light brown with a chrome dish. No fans, they are personal heaters, the other heaters are from the 40's-60's, they have fans and are considered room heaters. One of them is rated 1670watts!Others also in the collection are fun to use from time to time, they all work and most don't have thermostat just plug them in. Am I the only one,lol?