It still worked when we sold in the 80's.
My mom's 1950 hair dryer complete with bonnet. It was still working in 2020.
Posted on 02/01/2021 4:43:53 PM PST by Daffynition
My how times have changed in our households. Modern appliances and other inventions have afforded us conveniences that our predecessors didn’t have. Don’t you sometimes wonder what things were like a century or two ago?
Explore the past by looking at these vintage wares and try to figure out what they were used for. Some of these objects were more common during certain historical periods, or in particular parts of the world. Though they all share the same status of being antiques, you may find one or two of these items still in use.
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Looks like some of the stuff I see at Cracker Barrel.
It still worked when we sold in the 80's.
My mom's 1950 hair dryer complete with bonnet. It was still working in 2020.
we had this exact fan when I was a kid.
Wonderful! I have an early coffee roaster.
Probably a one-off invention for roasting about 1# of beans in a fireplace.
It’s such a unique pleasure to have something that is still useful/working fine, after all these years.
dr jill has everyone beat on this subject...
*Universal* was a brand made in New Britain, CT by Landers, Ferry & Clark.
I do see them a lot in antique stores. They cost about $10. with all the parts. You could find one, easily, I think, if you wanted to replace your old lost one.
IIRC, BluesDuke used to be knowledgeable about vintage Mixmasters
Hhmmm...there’s something like that in the “junk room” of my recently deceased MIL house...
OMG, Had something that looked like that , but it was w/ hair curlers!
I think it would work swimmingly on...!😎
The head had to be replaced and the handle has been replaced 2 or 3 times, but it still works great!
Learning to bake in it was quite an experience. God Bless our forefathers.
No...don’t know what that is...I’m thinking if stashing stuff in trees on the property for others to find years from now...hahaha
I still have the 2 bulb florescent desk light that MY DAD had—before I was born & I am 81. It swings & pivots into many directions, and has a very heavy base. I was using it this afternoon, posting 2020 bookkeeping for a client I have had for OVER 51 years.
I also have a 1920’s Los Angeles OAK school board desk.. bought at a garage sale over 40 years ago. .Heavy as hell, but I love it. Has a swing up platform on left side that has springs as thick as my garage door springs...which held an OLD fashioned typewriter—a HEAVY one. One drawer on the right side has multiple slanted spaces for paper/onion skin/carbon paper, etc. Also center drawer with pencil nooks.
I also have a hand pastry blender that belonged to my mother, and she was born in 1906.
Oh, my...your post made me think we MAY have a gun (in disrepair) from the Revolutionary War..since one of my husband’s relatives fought under a Washington General..going to have to find it and get it checked out.
My friend, born in 1954, a hot year in Missouri, still uses the fan his parents bought to keep him cool.
I respect the blacksmiths and their artful skill.
Altho out of print, Eric Sloane authored several books about wood, and antique tools
Make sure to soak the head/handle in linseed oil periodically. Stand it with had down on a cookie sheet that has sides, and pour in the oil. Leave that way for at least a week. I have had to do that with a large Mattock I have. also my AXE I use to split wood.
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