to call every refrigerator a "frigidaire"?

Considering the size of the existing houses and their kitchens back in that era I'd think most women would appreciate these space saving appliances when finally convincing the hubby to renovate that room, or I start breaking the soap box dish collection. For apartment living it would be handy as well.

When my mother had her kitchen revamped it included that stove. I learned to cook on it. the burner surface was retractable. While she had the old man pinned down she got a dishwasher, too. Pops was in management with GM, so the branding of the appliances was a no-brainer.

The spiral patterns on the oven doors remind me of the interior stainless trim on the door cards of a 1960 Cadillac. Looks like some serious badge engineering going on even then.

If this range looks vaguely familiar, maybe you recall seeing it on the 1960s sitcom "Bewitched." Several times it was through the oven that Samantha's Uncle Arthur would show up!

On a personal note, I found one in working order discarded on the side of the road. I was able to pass it on to a man who was rebuilding his house after Hurricane Katrina, in a '60s/'70s motif. He was thrilled!

Great display, but what a flawed concept! When the roast is in the oven, and the rest of the meal is on the stove, it would be difficult and dangerous to reach over the hot stove to the hot oven! And drop a heavy roasting pan into the sauce ...

The best thing about the Frigidaire stove we had when I was a kid was the oven "French doors" that opened sideways and brought the rack out to you. That was a good design!

No way could having the burners below waist level and dad cooking in his skivvies be hazardous!

I know my mother always dreamed of a stovetop which she could accidentally slide back into its storage space while the kettle, pots, and pans were still on the burners. The garden under the stove makes perfect sense -- that's where you plant spices and herbs to pluck and use while cooking. Lazy susan cabinets are cool looking, but not really practical for storing groceries. Nowadays, stationary stovetops and pull-out drawers for groceries are what model kitchens have.

And why would you need a button to spin around a lazy susan? To me, that's technical overkill. Except, I would like to be able to ask Alexa to open the drawer that has what I'm looking for in it; and to shut the drawer afterward.

[The cooking top locks in place when the burners are on. - Dave]

I guess I was complaining too much. Sorry. I live in a house built in 1961. I'm the second owner and updated the original kitchen. The original electric oven and stove were not quite as futuristic as the ones featured here; still, I replaced them with a standard gas range. I also had pull-out drawers installed in all the cabinets below the countertops. As I get older, I really appreciate having those pull-out drawers a lot more than I would appreciate lazy susans.

Sixty-two years later, these logos are still the same: Ajax, S.O.S, Heinz, Campbell’s, Tide, Dole, Nabisco.