On Sat 11 Feb 2006 09:16:01p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it wff_ng_7?
> "Gregory Morrow"
> <gregorymorrowEMERGENCYCANCELLATIONARCHIMEDES@eart hlink.net> wrote:
>> All taken from period (40's - 60's) advertising...some pretty neat
>> stuff, from the gross to the sublime:
>>
>> http://www.plan59.com/galleries/food/cooking01.htm
>
> Lots of great images... some look pretty goofy, just as today's ads will
> look in the not too distant future.
>
> Way deep down in the site, I came across an advertisement for the most
> unusual stove that was still in my parents' Miami house when they bought
> it in 1979. Looks like it dated from around 1959. My parents remodeled
> the kitchen shortly after they bought it, and that stove was gone for
> good. I've tried to explain the layout of it to people over the years,
> but no one really understood what I was talking about.
>
> A picture is worth a thousand words:
>
> http://www.plan59.com/decor/decor056.htm
>
> Anyone ever have a stove as unusual as this one?
>
Actually, yes, this very stove. It appeared in some episodes of Bewitched.
Also, in the mid 1970s I met some new friends who had one in their home.
It had been immaculately cared for and looked like the day it was
installed. The double ovens were completely lined in polished stainless
steel. Quite a nice unit!
--
Wayne Boatwright ożo
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