Appliances
Talk about growing old gracefully: Sue Hughes’ 1930 refrigerator still keeps her ice frozen and her cold cuts cold. When we recently asked readers to tell us about old appliances that still get the job done, we received almost 400 love stories like Hughes’. We heard, for example, about Frank Wunderlich and his 1950 freezer (“The people who made this product really knew what they were doing”), Regina Doering and her 1955 hand mixer (“It has never failed me”), and Brent Ferrici and his pink 1958 wall oven (“The best I’ve ever used, however hideous it may be”). Why do people who could afford a new device keep the old? Some readers gave a sentimental reason, but most were practical, like Florence Pick, owner of a 1960 dishwasher. “It works,” she told us. “Why do I need a new one?”
Great old appliances
Readers tell us about ancient stoves, washer and toasters that still work
