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Post by vintageguy on May 9, 2015 8:15:27 GMT
Anyone heard of these? Here is a link for one that is for sale: portland.craigslist.org/mlt/atq/5010589791.htmlI can't find out much about it but the 1917 year is startling- a full 11 years before GE rolled out the DR machines. Perhaps made in Ft. Wayne? Or by John Wayne? Maybe Wayne Newton? Sir Issac Newton? Fig Newton? I dunno. It's in Portland so I'm going to take a look at it. I'm suspicious about the date. I'll let you know. Thomas |
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Post by ChrisJ on May 9, 2015 15:56:01 GMT
It looks like their opinion of mint differs from mine by a lot.
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Post by Travis on May 9, 2015 16:19:34 GMT
Looks 1920's and belt driven to me. There were plenty of belt driven refrigerators before and after 1927. The significance of the monitor top was their hermetic system. I have a Universal brand refrigerator from the late 1930's with a belt drive unit for R12. That would be about the latest for a belt drive.
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Post by vintageguy on May 10, 2015 4:12:36 GMT
It looks like their opinion of mint differs from mine by a lot. Maybe they're saying the Good Housekeeping label is in good condition even though everything else looks kind of nasty. |
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Post by allan on May 10, 2015 11:14:57 GMT
Am I missing something? I can't find the pic of a refrigerator :-(
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Post by Travis on May 10, 2015 14:36:36 GMT
Allan, pictures three, five and six are of the refrigerator.
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Post by vintageguy on May 11, 2015 6:51:05 GMT
Wayne is a product name of the Illinois Refrigerator Company of Morrison Illinois. Here are some pictures of the one near me:    It's in pretty bad condition. The door won't close on the cabinet because one hinge is bent. They want $297. I think it's worth $100. Let me know if you want it. I can grab it. It isn't 1917. My guess is 1930s. |
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Post by vintageguy on May 11, 2015 7:08:24 GMT
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Post by 2030vision on May 11, 2015 10:31:07 GMT
All these non Monitor tops look like metal Hoosier cabinets to me.
They deserve to be restored in the same spirit as we restore Monitor tops but they just do nothing for me personally.
I feel the same way about radios.. personal taste..There is probably a greater following for the post 1935 Zenith and Scott models but I'll take the 1928-1930 floor models for myself.
If my tastes were broader I'd really have a space problem!!!!
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Post by ChrisJ on May 11, 2015 15:06:55 GMT
I assumed GE called it a refrigerating machine because it wasn't built into a cabinet and is basically a separate piece. |
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