On 28 Aug 2005 09:19:31 +0200, Wayne Boatwright
wrote:

| On Sat 27 Aug 2005 10:04:13a, Tom Miller wrote in alt.home.repair:
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| On 27 Aug 2005 15:42:19 +0200, Wayne Boatwright
| wrote:
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| | On Sat 27 Aug 2005 01:50:00a, Wayne Boatwright wrote in
| | alt.home.repair:
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| | On Wed 17 Aug 2005 07:25:44p, Edwin Pawlowski wrote in
| | alt.home.repair:
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| |
| | "david" wrote in message
| | news | | we've had the kenmore stackable front loaders for near a year
| | now.. I'll never go back to a top loader. the washer and dryer
| | both are much more efficient. Of course, we make sure there are
| | no kids inside when we use them.. geesh!!
| |
| |
| | When did the first front loaders come out? I recall my mother
| | replacing the old wringer washer with a Bendix front load about
| | 1950 or so.
| |
| | Ed, you might enjoy this site. Lot's of vintage stuff and
| | restorations.
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| |
| | Oops, sorry, Ed.
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| | http://automaticwasher.org/
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| The 1938 Bendix looks pretty much like the one my mother had in 1947.
| Not exactly the same if my memory serves (I was 5 years old) but very
| close. Round, tube-like machine with a short base.
|
| I think there were no metal panels on the sides, however, just a front
| panel and it may have not been black. Looked very industrial, with
| bolts and frame showing, although I doubt this was a design feature in
| 1947. Maybe to save on scarce metal right after the big wartime
| demand.
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| You poured detergent in the hole in the top. I'm pretty sure the
| machine was bolted to the kitchen floor. You had to bend over almost
| to the floor to open the door and put in clothing. No dryers in those
| days at our house, but the house came from the builder with a
| clothesline in the back yard and the washer installed.
|
| Like this one, Tom?
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| http://www.automaticwasher.org/FUN/1938Bendix.jpg
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| Wayne Boatwright *¿*

Yeah, that's the one I was referring to.