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Post by ForeverWaltons on Apr 12, 2015 9:43:08 GMT -5
Grandfather and her bought a new refrigerator in 1946. It was still her kitchen refrigerator in 1982 and it made the move. My momma still uses it. It's sixty nine years old and it has never had to have anything done to it except have the light bulb changed in it from time to time. They just don't make them like they used to.
We just bought a 1950 Norge fridge. Works perfect and contrary to what "THEY" tell you it does not guzzel electricity.Our new ones with the self defrosting freezers use more.
I need to look at see what brand the refrigerator is next time I'm at my momma's. Mr. Forever and I went to an auction back in the early nineties and bought a 1952 refrigerator that was still working. We put it in my brother's barn until we could find room for it (we was renting at the time) and unfortunately over twenty years later that is where it still is. I wonder if it will still work if we got it out and plugged it up???
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Post by AuntieEm on Apr 12, 2015 11:58:37 GMT -5
Yes, they don't make electric consumer appliances like they used to. My sister has an old-timey kitchen (although it does have a modern refrigerator). Her gas stove/oven is from the 1940s and works great.
If you want to find old timey items, particularly non-electric, try Lehmans.com
EM
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Post by carol on Apr 12, 2015 12:18:09 GMT -5
Wow! Could you imagine washing dishes in a sink that small! I don't know how great grandmother used that small sink for dishes either considering she had 9 people to wash for. Herself, Grandpappy and 7 kids.
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Post by RebeccaLee on Apr 12, 2015 16:59:06 GMT -5
The kitchen will need some cookware...the bottle to the right is a fire extinguisher of the time...you would pop the lid like a pop bottle and pour the contents over the fire...I guess....
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Post by Kathy Lee on Apr 12, 2015 18:04:40 GMT -5
Must have one of these!
My paternal grandmother also had one of these except hers was closed in all around the sides. The top of it opened on the left for flour/cornmeal and the right for salt/sugar, etc. I always loved it. She moved in with us in 1982 when I still in high school (she lived an hour away). My daddy and her went to get her 'things' on a school day, so I wasn't able to go. She did not make it to our house with this. She had lots of wonderful furniture and things that were already considered antiques at that time.
Not many people came to visit her while she lived in her house. When they caught wind that she was moving, they all came out of the woodwork. Being the kindhearted people that she was, if they asked for this or that, she gave it to them. I don't know if someone was given this or if daddy ended up putting it out on the roadside for trash pickup. I would have loved to have had it.
Grandfather and her bought a new refrigerator in 1946. It was still her kitchen refrigerator in 1982 and it made the move. My momma still uses it. It's sixty nine years old and it has never had to have anything done to it except have the light bulb changed in it from time to time. They just don't make them like they used to.
I wish you had that possum table! They are so nice. And to think there was one already in your family. Such a shame you were not there as you would have made them bring it along.
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Post by carol on Apr 12, 2015 22:07:01 GMT -5
Here's a nice 1930's Wedgewood stove to put in the kitchen.
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Post by Kathy Lee on Apr 13, 2015 5:22:03 GMT -5
Here's a nice 1930's Wedgewood stove to put in the kitchen. Wow! That is beautiful! What is behind the doors?
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Post by carol on Apr 13, 2015 12:27:42 GMT -5
Here's a nice 1930's Wedgewood stove to put in the kitchen. Wow! That is beautiful! What is behind the doors? 1930s Wedgwood stove has 4 burners, oven, broiler, 2 storage drawers. I don't which are which. I am guessing the large door on the right is the oven and below it the broiler?
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Post by Kathy Lee on Apr 13, 2015 20:24:48 GMT -5
Wow! That is beautiful! What is behind the doors? 1930s Wedgwood stove has 4 burners, oven, broiler, 2 storage drawers. I don't which are which. I am guessing the large door on the right is the oven and below it the broiler? Thanks for the explaniation. I wish I had one of those half wood and half gas stoves. My mother had one. I saw one for sale in Tha Adirondack Mountains and it was in really good condition.
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Post by Honeybee on Apr 13, 2015 22:19:05 GMT -5
I love Vintage rooms. A 1930's kitchen will be nice. My favorite vintage kitchen is at Henry Ford Museum.
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Post by Kathy Lee on Apr 14, 2015 5:44:54 GMT -5
I love Vintage rooms. A 1930's kitchen will be nice. My favorite vintage kitchen is at Henry Ford Museum. Where is the museum? I would like to see that kitchen. We just went to Fonthill which is the Mercer mansion in Pennsylvania. The man who built the place made Mercer tile (which you can still buy). What a strange place! All made out of concrete and tons of tile! Not very warm and cozy that's for sure!
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Post by patriciaanne on Apr 15, 2015 6:50:53 GMT -5
Must have one of these!
My paternal grandmother also had one of these except hers was closed in all around the sides. The top of it opened on the left for flour/cornmeal and the right for salt/sugar, etc. I always loved it. She moved in with us in 1982 when I still in high school (she lived an hour away). My daddy and her went to get her 'things' on a school day, so I wasn't able to go. She did not make it to our house with this. She had lots of wonderful furniture and things that were already considered antiques at that time.
Not many people came to visit her while she lived in her house. When they caught wind that she was moving, they all came out of the woodwork. Being the kindhearted person that she was, if they asked for this or that, she gave it to them. I don't know if someone was given this or if daddy ended up putting it out on the roadside for trash pickup. I would have loved to have had it.
Grandfather and her bought a new refrigerator in 1946. It was still her kitchen refrigerator in 1982 and it made the move. My momma still uses it. It's sixty nine years old and it has never had to have anything done to it except have the light bulb changed in it from time to time. They just don't make them like they used to.
Boy, I can attest to that!! Here I am replacing an 11 year old refrigerator. Grrrr....
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Post by Kathy Lee on Apr 15, 2015 8:10:15 GMT -5
Yes, they don't make electric consumer appliances like they used to. My sister has an old-timey kitchen (although it does have a modern refrigerator). Her gas stove/oven is from the 1940s and works great.
If you want to find old timey items, particularly non-electric, try Lehmans.com
EM Thanks for reminding me about Lehmans. That is a great company. I like Vermont Country Store also.
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Post by Kathy Lee on Apr 15, 2015 8:17:33 GMT -5
My paternal grandmother also had one of these except hers was closed in all around the sides. The top of it opened on the left for flour/cornmeal and the right for salt/sugar, etc. I always loved it. She moved in with us in 1982 when I still in high school (she lived an hour away). My daddy and her went to get her 'things' on a school day, so I wasn't able to go. She did not make it to our house with this. She had lots of wonderful furniture and things that were already considered antiques at that time.
Not many people came to visit her while she lived in her house. When they caught wind that she was moving, they all came out of the woodwork. Being the kindhearted person that she was, if they asked for this or that, she gave it to them. I don't know if someone was given this or if daddy ended up putting it out on the roadside for trash pickup. I would have loved to have had it.
Grandfather and her bought a new refrigerator in 1946. It was still her kitchen refrigerator in 1982 and it made the move. My momma still uses it. It's sixty nine years old and it has never had to have anything done to it except have the light bulb changed in it from time to time. They just don't make them like they used to.
Boy, I can attest to that!! Here I am replacing an 11 year old refrigerator. Grrrr.... Mark said it is too bad this didn't happen a month ago. When the refrigerator broke you could have just put the food outside in all that ice and snow! We have a new refrigerator with French doors on the top and a freezer bin on the bottom. I really love it but it is not perfect. The double doors often don't shut tight and the frig alarm will start beeping (tells me to push the doors shut). They should have designed doors that suck in and shut tight. Also, the ice maker in the door. The water flow is great for a glass of water but the ice maker makes ice so slowly that it can't keep up with the needs of one person. Also the ice dispenser often locks in the open position and you have to pull the lever out to stop the ice flow......or have people screaming as ice uses shoot out all over the kitchen! And just remember...this frig is a good brand and was expensive to buy!
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Post by patriciaanne on Apr 15, 2015 17:51:57 GMT -5
Boy, I can attest to that!! Here I am replacing an 11 year old refrigerator. Grrrr.... Mark said it is too bad this didn't happen a month ago. When the refrigerator broke you could have just put the food outside in all that ice and snow! We have a new refrigerator with French doors on the top and a freezer bin on the bottom. I really love it but it is not perfect. The double doors often don't shut tight and the frig alarm will start beeping (tells me to push the doors shut). They should have designed doors that suck in and shut tight. Also, the ice maker in the door. The water flow is great for a glass of water but the ice maker makes ice so slowly that it can't keep up with the needs of one person. Also the ice dispenser often locks in the open position and you have to pull the lever out to stop the ice flow......or have people screaming as ice uses shoot out all over the kitchen! And just remember...this frig is a good brand and was expensive to buy! Yikes...! I know...I thought the same thing about the timing. I finally figure out a use for the cold and it's not cold anymore!!!! 2015 is shaping up to be a very expensive year and it's only April.
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