Topic: Appliances - LGBT Detroit: Civil Rights in Michigan

Notes:: Electric appliance retail store, interior, at 70 North Division Avenue.
Date Created:: 1939-05-25T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)

Notes:: A neon Norge sign hangs from the H. F. Cole Inc. storefront at 56 North Division Ave. Displayed in the windows are an electric refrigerator and a wringer washing machine. A large advertisement uses Ripley, in Believe It or Not, to extol the Rollator made by Borg-Warner Co. of Detroit, which comes with a ten-year guarantee.
Data Provider:: Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)

Notes:: A window of a store displaying Norge washing machine, store and refrigerator in the foreground, but the rest of the shop going back is also visible showing a wall of Norge refrigerators. A small motor, the Rollator, "the heart of a Norge," is displayed in front of the refrigerator.
Data Provider:: Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)

Notes:: Exhibit at the Home Show of Norge appliances from H. F. Cole Inc. at 56 N. Division. Display of refrigerators, Stoves, Washers, and a mangle.
Date Created:: 1938-03-12T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)

Notes:: Photograph of a woman, dressed as a model, demonstrating a mangle "ironer." She is surrounded by boxes of "New washing miracle" Tide detergent with "Oceans of suds, cleaner clothes, sparkling dishes." Also pictured is a round GE washing machine with the wringer on top.
Date Created:: 1949-03-01T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)

Notes:: View of a procession of pickup trucks carrying ovens, men on horses, and a stagecoach, during a parade down Monroe Avenue in downtown Grand Rapids.
Data Provider:: Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)

Notes:: Exhibit for the General Electric Supply Corp. with the Grand Rapids location at 41-43 Market Ave. SW. The display shows GE's kitchen appliances, including two stoves (different sizes), a refrigerator, plus a washer and a dryer. Front and center stands the insides of a dishwasher for viewing. The visitor could also view the motor and (see-through) agitator of the washing machine.
Date Created:: 1949-01-18T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)

Notes:: The Wurzburg Department Store exhibit at the annual Home Show features the GE products they carried: three refrigerators, one with a separate freezer door; a stove; the insides of a dishwasher so one could see how it works; a clothes washer with the motor on display with a see-through agitator on top, so one could see how it works; a mangle iron press; three televisions, one a table top, another a small console, and the third in a larger console along with a radio and record player. A sign announces that "Television is coming to Grand Rapids in 1949. WLAV will bring Grand Rapids the world's greatest features including drama, comedy, sports, variety, and news from the nation's talent capitols." In the view is an exhibit next it of Chic's Paints & Supplies at 1956 S. Division, featuring "Berryflat" paint, "improved oil-based flat finish."
Date Created:: 1949-03-15T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)

Notes:: Another Norge shop displaying the large neon Norge sign, this one is the "Royal Appliance Co." at 419 Leonard NW. The window displays a Norge stove, refrigerator with the motor on display, wringer washer, and mangle. A large sign advertises "Norge Rollator Refrigeration." A cardboard cutout of a cartoon band major marching with the words, "Norge leads in perfomance."
Data Provider:: Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)

Notes:: Exhibit at the Home Show of Norge appliances from Winegar's Furniture at 201-7 S. Division. Display of refrigerators, Stoves, Washers, and a mangle.
Date Created:: 1938-03-12T00:00:00Z
Data Provider:: Grand Rapids Public Library (Grand Rapids, Mich.)

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