While researching Vintage Kitchens...
06-01-2014, 06:32 AM
#22
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"Commercial," as in restaurant stove and fridge? I had a Viking range in my last home and I loved it. However, a good friend asked me (after I kept drooling over it,) if I would like her 1950 O'Keefe and Merritt stove...complete with the griddle in the middle. My mom had one just like it...along with that ironing board. I just couldn't say no. However, my new house's theme is supposed to be, "1918 loggers' camp cabin, with timely updates." The O&M stove sort of fits in, but I really don't want to go totally, "nifty fifties." I'm considering building an icebox refrigerator that looks like a large, camp, icebox from the 1920s. I may be biting off more than I can chew.
http://036d885.netsolhost.com/produc...ro-appliances/
I think their appliances are coming from:
http://www.elmirastoveworks.com/
You could enter zip codes to see if you can find a closer dealer.
They might all be ridiculously priced (I haven't really checked closely) but their collections are fun to look at.
Good luck in your search.
06-01-2014, 06:51 AM
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And you know what? Every stinkin' one of them had a sewing machine inside.
06-01-2014, 06:11 PM
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Ha! No. She drives neighborhoods (usually of the appropriate time period of building) looking at the styles. She knows a lot of the models by sight at this point (like we can do with Singers) if not there are catalogs for reference. There is picture taking and a database she and other Sears collectors are building.
Our girls days involve hitting thrift stores looking for sewing machines and then driving the nearby neighborhoods looking for Sears houses.
It all started because my parents bought a house that turned out to be a Sears house. It snowballed from there.
Our girls days involve hitting thrift stores looking for sewing machines and then driving the nearby neighborhoods looking for Sears houses.
It all started because my parents bought a house that turned out to be a Sears house. It snowballed from there.
~ Cindy
06-06-2014, 08:11 AM
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Thanks for this. I'm a flooring estimator, and I deal with Armstrong products every day.
It was really cool seeing this vintage advert.
I'm going to send a copy to the Armstrong rep, I'm sure he'll get a kick out of it.
It was really cool seeing this vintage advert.
I'm going to send a copy to the Armstrong rep, I'm sure he'll get a kick out of it.
06-06-2014, 01:09 PM
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