Stationed overseas in the 1950s, the Army supplied GE appliances and Maytag ringer clothes washers to military families.
My aunt loved her Maytag ringer washer and when it wore out she managed to find another in 1985. It lasted her until she died in 1991.
btw, the electric motor in the ringer was specially made for Maytag by GE. It was designed to handle varying electric current. In many far off locales, IE; rural Philippines, the power was 50-55 cycles. In post war Japan, it was worse, but the old ringers could handle it.