When I was just a kid, my mom bought one of these things. We had it until just before she died. It was always in the living Room/ It was also my first exposure to FM radio and an eight-track cassette player. It's so wierd to had little kids and young folks look at stuff that was so common back when I was a kid and not even know what it is. So, watch this thread over the next few days. I'm going to post pics of common household appliances from back in the day, and see if anyone can tell me what is.

Known over here as a Radiogram or Music Centre. My grandparents had one very similar to the one you posted.

Here we go...

We had one of these too when I was a kid I even got my finger stuck in one. Hurt like hell.

I may have to sit this out, being an old git, I'll probably know 'em all.

My aunt had one similar to that, although square, rather than cylindrical.

SamTherapy posted at 8:47AM Sun, 13 December 2020 - #4407352

I may have to sit this out, being an old git, I'll probably know 'em all.

My aunt had one similar to that, although square, rather than cylindrical.

You can enjoy the trip down memory lane and see how many youngsters play the game. Here's another one. We use to have one of these too. Kept it in our pantry, but I was scared of it. Of course I was only about five or six at the time.

This should be a toughie!

Not sure about the third one you posted but the last one is almost identical to one my mom used.

EClark1894 posted at 9:31AM Sun, 13 December 2020 - #4407351

Here we go...

We had one of these too when I was a kid I even got my finger stuck in one. Hurt like hell.

I have scars on my left hand from doing that. I was playing with a wet sock, running it through the ringer a few times, then decided to see how far I could let it go in before I pulled it back out. I let it go just a bit too far and I ran my arm all the way up to the elbow in the rollers. Luckily there was a safety release, but the damage was done. I steered well clear of that old washer after that.

Got me on the third one. Yep, the last one was always mounted on the wall.

Here's an easy one. We used to have one of these until I was about 18 years old. I loved this thing. Too bad this particular one costs $450 or I'd buy it.

SamTherapy posted at 9:54AM Sun, 13 December 2020 - #4407358

Not sure about the third one you posted but the last one is almost identical to one my mom used.

Give you a clue. It would heat up to work.

The power cord is a dead giveaway.

EClark1894 posted at 11:38AM Sun, 13 December 2020 - #4407353

SamTherapy posted at 8:47AM Sun, 13 December 2020 - #4407352

I may have to sit this out, being an old git, I'll probably know 'em all.

My aunt had one similar to that, although square, rather than cylindrical.

You can enjoy the trip down memory lane and see how many youngsters play the game. Here's another one. We use to have one of these too. Kept it in our pantry, but I was scared of it. Of course I was only about five or six at the time.

This one has me. But the small picture isn't helping either. I can't really see what I am looking at...

EClark1894 posted at 11:39AM Sun, 13 December 2020 - #4407357

This should be a toughie!

Is this handheld? I've seen them mounted on counter tops

I thought this thread would make me feel old but it is giving me warm fuzzies instead. I can't figure out the yellow thing either, but I cannot really get a good look at it. Meat grinder?

rokket posted at 12:31PM Sun, 13 December 2020 - #4407384

EClark1894 posted at 11:39AM Sun, 13 December 2020 - #4407357

This should be a toughie!

Is this handheld? I've seen them mounted on counter tops

No, they're usually mounted.

As for the third one, I'll give you another hint. Laundry.

The third one... A steam press... though it doesn't press, is it meant for steaming out wrinkles?

swing away can opener

Sunfire posted at 1:08PM Sun, 13 December 2020 - #4407390

The third one... A steam press... though it doesn't press, is it meant for steaming out wrinkles?

THAT'S it!! The ol' mangler! The hint about being afraid of it brought it back after you said that. I've only seen them mounted in their own table, never separate like that before. Cool!

Sunfire posted at 1:44PM Sun, 13 December 2020 - #4407390

The third one... A steam press... though it doesn't press, is it meant for steaming out wrinkles?

We never had anything like that, though I seem to remember my mother doing it with her iron. She just held it straight up near the piece of clothing from which she wanted to get out wrinkles.

We only had a handheld can opener when I was a kid. When I moved into this apartment back in the early 80's, I got a piece of kitchen equipment that had several purposes, and one of them was opening cans.

You guys are good! The third one, as Minyassa pointed out, was called the mangler, but it's not a steam press, just a roller iron. I burnt myself on the one we had, so I rarely ever used it.

And as Sa' raneth pointed out. The third one is a swing away can opener.

This should be really easy.

Here's one. It's a handheld model.

Hand mixer before they were powered and either a ricer or juicer for the two newest.

Sunfire posted at 3:48PM Sun, 13 December 2020 - #4407407

Hand mixer before they were powered and either a ricer or juicer for the two newest.

Close. A juicer for the last, and an egg beater. The egg beater we had. I didn't get the juicer until I was a teen and someone gave that to us. Otherwise, we bought our juice.

EClark1894 posted at 5:04PM Sun, 13 December 2020 - #4407399

This should be really easy.

Still have one of those and one of the following pic, although not of that design. Ours is more your "cup with a spike" type.

EClark1894 posted at 5:34PM Sun, 13 December 2020 - #4407408

Sunfire posted at 3:48PM Sun, 13 December 2020 - #4407407

Hand mixer before they were powered and either a ricer or juicer for the two newest.

Close. A juicer for the last, and an egg beater. The egg beater we had. I didn't get the juicer until I was a teen and someone gave that to us. Otherwise, we bought our juice.

Yeah, I used ours for everything not just eggs. LOL

EClark1894 posted at 5:48PM Sun, 13 December 2020 - #4407399

This should be really easy.

That there is a child hair tangler. I have it on good authority. Sadly. xD

We didn't have one of these when I was growing up... but my older sister did... and yep, I used it.

a chamber pot?

RedPhantom posted at 8:27PM Sun, 13 December 2020 - #4407421

a chamber pot?

Aww, you must've peeked!

A little small for a chamber pot. I wager a sugar bowl.

EClark1894 posted at 9:53PM Sun, 13 December 2020 - #4407369

Here's an easy one. We used to have one of these until I was about 18 years old. I loved this thing. Too bad this particular one costs $450 or I'd buy it.

OMG ... we had one of those aluminum ones, very similar to this except it was shiny aluminum, and we had a color wheel that we set at the base and pointed it up to the top of the tree so that it would change colors. LOL

EClark1894 posted at 10:00PM Sun, 13 December 2020 - #4407399

This should be really easy.

I know what this is so I will pass. My mom had a few LOL

EClark1894 posted at 10:01PM Sun, 13 December 2020 - #4407401

Here's one. It's a handheld model.

On this I am going to guess a garlic press?

I've got a good one. My aunt had one of these and it scared the willies out of me.

I can't even begin to "think" what that could possibly be.

Hint: She was a hairdresser. She was born in 1911 ... I think she was a hairdresser by the late 1930s. She still had it in the late 50s when I first saw it in her salon and got freaked out. LOL

Yeah I would just say that. For hair to frankenstein it. LOL

Frankensteining is right! LOL

Can you imagine? OH ... MY ... GOD! That's how people got permanent waves in those days. The predecessor of electric rollers and stinky home perm kits

PS ... this is a fun thread. Keep them coming!

We used to refer to a chamber pot as a 'gezunder' ... it 'goes under' the bed -

This one is a little older than the one we had.

hborre posted at 5:42AM Mon, 14 December 2020 - #4407430

A little small for a chamber pot. I wager a sugar bowl.

No, I don't think you'd ever want to use any sugar from that bowl.

I never knew my grandmother, but apparently she or my great aunt, left this to my mother. I only know what it is because my mother told me.

You don't see these much anymore.

the brown one looks like a radiant space heater. the black one is an iron. You put it on a hot stovetop to heat it up then iron until it cools and repeat. not sure what the third is

A wall mounted soda bottle opener. I lived with my paternal grandmother after my father died in 1977. She was born in 1901, so she had several of the smaller items. what she didn't have (like the older open top washing machine, well, I saw items like that when we visited her relatives and friends. The "steam press" got me due to the small image and while I'd never seen one in person, the hair roller array was was fairly evident. The bottle opener had the "Coca-Cola" logo and we had the swing away crank driven can opener. Surprisingly, her radio was a relatively 'modern" (for the early 70s), a clock/radio combination. I'm sure she must have had a 'vintage" phonograph as she still had ceramic 78s, but I don't ever recalling it. Her daughter, my paternal aunt had the "console" style audio entertainment center.

Funny, when i saw the thread title, I immediately thought of the TARDIS console used during the William Hartnell and Patrick Troughton years of "Doctor Who". I thought for sure Sam Therapy would have made a comment along that vein. Silly me.

Sincerely,

Bill

EClark1894 posted at 8:27AM Mon, 14 December 2020 - #4407473

This one is a little older than the one we had.

My grandparents had one of those. :)

Redfern posted at 8:28AM Mon, 14 December 2020 - #4407486

A wall mounted soda bottle opener. I lived with my paternal grandmother after my father died in 1977. She was born in 1901, so she had several of the smaller items. what she didn't have (like the older open top washing machine, well, I saw items like that when we visited her relatives and friends. The "steam press" got me due to the small image and while I'd never seen one in person, the hair roller array was was fairly evident. The bottle opener had the "Coca-Cola" logo and we had the swing away crank driven can opener. Surprisingly, her radio was a relatively 'modern" (for the early 70s), a clock/radio combination. I'm sure she must have had a 'vintage" phonograph as she still had ceramic 78s, but I don't ever recalling it. Her daughter, my paternal aunt had the "console" style audio entertainment center.

Funny, when i saw the thread title, I immediately thought of the TARDIS console used during the William Hartnell and Patrick Troughton years of "Doctor Who". I thought for sure Sam Therapy would have made a comment along that vein. Silly me.

Sincerely,

Bill

Sorry to disappoint, old chap.

I remember the days when I used to stay logged in on this forum.

Anyway, this one may fool some of you.