Miscellaneous

Here is a wonderful piece of Frigidaire history. It is the employee magazine of Frigidaire right at the start of their golden years. 48 pages full of interesting articles and photographs about the going's on in Dayton and around the country with Frigidaire. [I] THE FRIGIDAIRIAN is issued periodically for the forty-odd thousand dealers and salesmen who handle and sell Frigidaire products throughout the United States. We are mailing this issue also to all Frigidaire employes. It contains so much timely information about Frigidaire and our sales organization who sell the products we build in Dayton, that we thought employes and members of their families would find it interesting. FRIGIDAIRE DIVISION[/I]

Here is the bi-monthly service bulletin produced by Westinghouse for their dealers and servicers. Articles include: [I] Handle Differently - Columbus and Springfield Refrigerator Units Good Service .. . 7 Years Later 140 ° Water Necessary for Proper Dishwashing Timer Operation Guarantees 140° Water in All DWC & DWD Dishwashers To Install a D-8 Dryer In An Old Dryer Installation, Use This Adaptor What You Learn at the Factory Service School Check the Refrigerator Defrost Control Plunger Make This Gauge Repairing Latch Handle Assemblies Out of the Tool Kit Win Any of These Awards A New Dishwasher Fill Valve-facing New Food Waste Disposer Sink Flange and Safe Top How to Replace Iron Elements Changes In To-542 Toaster Manual Parts List Westinghouse Appliance Dealer Uniforms Catalog [/I]

The spirit of '74 shows up in this sales literature guide showing kitchens decorated as 1774, 1874, 1974 and 2074. Of course they all look very mid 1970's, but that's part of this book's charm. [I]A growing family? A new home with an outdated kitchen? A need for new appliances? Whatever your reason for planning a new kitchen, you will want one that is easy to work in and fun to be in. You'll want practicality, plus style. That's the idea behind the Spirit of 74. It's the can-do spirit that insists on a kitchen suited exactly to you and to your family's living style. This Hotpoint Kitchen/Laundry Planning Guide will help you interpret your Spirit of '74. It will explain some of the fundamentals of planning a workable kitchen, give you some decorating ideas. and tell you how to translate your plan to paper. so a contractor or kitchen designer can carry it out. Read through this book. Then talk to your Hotpoint dealer. He can show you appliances in the proper spirit, appliances that you will be proud of for years to come. If you're planning a new kitchen, now is the time to discover your true spirit.[/I]

A newspaper sized publication created by GE and sent to their retailers to be given away to housewives in the early 50s. Articles include: G. E. Presents Entirely New - All-Automatic Washer Washing Made Easy With New G.E. All Automatic Washer Attractive Spring Salad Combinations Strawberry Fruit Tarts Questions And Answers On The New Deluxe Automatic Washer How To Tint Clothes In Your Automatic Washer How To Make A Good Salad Plan Your New Laundry Now Cheese Pumpkins Make Use Of The Scraps Quick Frosting Three Kitchen Work Centers Winners Announced In Electrical Dealer's "Answer The Objection" Washer Contest Let Washer Help With Housecleaning Stain Removal Chart

Consumer Bulletin magazine was a product rating company that was started in 1928. This issue contains full descriptions/story, ratings and charts for 1958 Automatic Dishwashers. Brands rated include: American Kitchens, Frigidaire, General Electric, Hotpoint, James, Kelvinator, KitchenAid, RCA Whirlpool, Westinghouse and Youngstown. The brands are segregated between Recommended and Intermediate. Before you read the article see if you can guess which brands will be put in which category. To my surprise I got it completely wrong! Other ratings include: Those unreadable labels on food packages Motor scooters from Europe The 1958 Rambler- Discussion and rating How to choose a pair of binoculars Hazardous new electric teapots A word of caution for car owners Adhesives for household use Electronic organs for the home, with ratings of spinet models Safeguarding electrical equipment by grounding New 35 mm. cameras and slide projectors Moisture in fuel oil tanks Electric lamp bulbs The heating system of your school and its controls

Here is the wonderful small appliance and housewares department of the catalog pages from John Plain in '69. We see so many of these great things from famous name brands at estate sales to this day. Products include: cookware, bakeware, canisters, ice crushers, can openers, timers, cutlery, coffee makers and grinders, mixers, blenders, electric knifes, electric skillets, toasters, waffle makers, roasters, irons, etc. Brands include: Mirro, Club, Revere, Randall, Regal, Presto, Farberware, Flint, Pantry Queen, Cosco, Rival, Beauty Ware, West Bend, Moulinex, Lux, Ekco, Dazey, Oster, Sunbeam, Toastmaster, KitchenAid, Ronson, Panasonic, Hamilton Beach, Westinghouse, General Electric, Nesco, Proctor-Silex and many more!

In this issue of our favorite product reporting magazine they are doing complete reviews of both the 1966 Washer and 1966 Dryer lines. Washer Brands Tested Include: Easy Frigidaire GE Hamilton Hotpoint Kelvinator Kenmore Maytag Norge RCA Whirlpool Philco Speed Queen Wards Signature Westinghouse Wizard Also included is Super 8 Projectors, Playpens, Volvo and Triumph and a special report on TV Repairs. Scanned at 600dpi for a super crisp issue.

Consumer Bulletin magazine was a product rating company that was started in 1928. The following artciles have been published in this download: #1 Rating of Combination Washer/Dryers. Review of Easy Combomatics, General Electric, Kenmore, Norge Dispensomat, Philco-Bendix Duomatic, RCA Whirlpool Ultimatics, Wards Signature, Speed Queen and Westinghouse brand combos. #2 Coin-Operated Dry Cleaners in Laundromats. [I]ANYONE who regularly takes clothing or other articles to the dry cleaner knows that the expenditure for cleaning of this kind accounts for a sizable proportion of the household budget. It does not take many items to run up a bill of $5 to $10 for each lot of clothing, blankets, and other cleanable articles. Most families don't have everything cleaned they would like to or as often as they would like to. Many will thus welcome a new dry-cleaning service which gives special economy through self-service features, a type of installation also known as "coin-op" or self-service dry cleaning[/I] #3 Review of the Corning Ware Electric Coffee Pot #4 New Controls on Cooking Appliances [I]There are probably millions of oven clock-timers on both electric and gas ranges which are unused solely because they are too complicated to be set correctly by persons who do not use them regularly, and are unwilling to master the relationships of a complex set of dials, knobs, and pointers. Fortunately, some of the manufacturers have now done something about this situation. [/I]

Consumer Bulletin magazine was a product rating company that was started in 1928. This issue contains full descriptions/story, ratings and charts for 1963 Automatic Washers. Brands rated include: Blackstone, Easy, Frigidaire, General Electric, Hamilton, Hotpoint, Kelvinator, Kenmore, Maytag, Norge, Philco, RCA Whirlpool, Speed Queen, Wards Signature and Westinghouse. Great article with pictures of the some of the machines, and you'll never guess who they rated #1! Other ratings include 1963 Compact Automoblies: Lark V-8, Rambler Ambassador, Rambler American 200 and Valiant V-100. Upgright Pianos Push Lawn Mowers Automatic 35mm Camera Air Conditioners and Fans

Here is a full color catalog highlighting all of the Cosco line. We still see many of these vintage products today at estate sales and antique stores in wonderful shape which shows the high quality of Cosco products. Catalog includes: baby cribs, bar stools and step stools, tables and carts, card tables and chairs, hi-chairs, strollers, etc.

GM/Frigidaire had outsourced most of their appliance service tool production to Robinair and a few other companies for decades. Here is the 1959 Frigidaire tool catalog. Sections include Laundry, Dishwasher, Disposer, Ranges and Refrigerator speciality service tools. Washer tools include all service tools for the Unimatic, Pulsamatic and Multimatic (both 2 and 4 speed models). Catalog lists full part numbers which makes it a very good reference guide for searching out some of these service tools which make working on these machines much easier.

Here is a super fun circular given out by the power utility company to entice people to replace their old appliances and update their kitchen and laundry. Its full of model kitchens with many different brands and types of appliances shown including General Electric, Hotpoint, Kenmore, Westinghouse and a few others that I'm not exactly sure what brand they are. See if you can name all of the brands in these pages and please let us know!

Brochure for GE Kitchen Countertops. "A new experience in kitchen living with GE Textolite® plastic counter surfacing years of wear...minutes of care".

A History of the Hoover Company, a Proud Past...An Exciting Future. Fascinating booklet that highlights Hoover's entire history up to the mid 70s.

Brochure for Hotpoint's built in kitchen appliances. Ovens, surface cooktop sections, refrigerators and freezers.

Brochure for Hotpoint's drop in modular kitchens.