A Trip to the Oregon State Fair

Over the Labor Day weekend, I made a visit to the Oregon State Fair. A great time was had. Umatilla County's booth, like in previous years, featured some very old kitchen and laundry equipment. I could not resist taking a few pictures with my camera.The picture quality leaves something to be desired, but I still thought some of you would be interested. Enjoy!

First we have an old tub with a wringer and 2 different styles of agitator. One of them looking a lot like a toilet plunger and the other resembling a fancy soap bubble wand.

Next we have a tub sitting on an old washtub stand. This unit has 2 different styles of washboard on display.

Moving into a more modern era, here is an early electric model. Not sure why they washboard is included in the display. If you look closely you might notice someone was hiding their little brown jug in the washing machine. Hmm...well, life WAS hard in the Old West.

Moving into kitchen, they showcased an old stove that was almost buried in implements of mealtime destruction creation.

They also had an old monitor top refrigerator on display.

When the work was done, back in the day, it was fun to relax and listen to records on the Victrola...

Thanks again to Umatilla County for hauling all these old appliances across the state so that we could appreciate them. See you next year at the fair!

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Wayback Wednesday At the Fair

Recently I attended the Oregon State Fair. I had a great time checking out the rides, and food, music and livestock. As I was checking out the displays from all of the counties around Oregon, I was impressed, as only an appliance guy could be, by the display from Umatilla County. That is Pendleton Round-Up country and they brought with them a display of pioneer artifacts and antiques. Naturally, the old appliances caught my eye and I snapped a few pictures to share with you. I hope you enjoy!

The classic Maytag Wringer Washer.
The white barrel to the left that looks sort of like a rice cooker was an old Kenmore washing machine I had never seen before. Unfortunately the picture of it did not turn out.

The wooden contraption in the foreground is a pre-electric washing machine, in the background is a different view of the wringer washer.

This is an unusually narrow old range.

The evolution of laundry is captured here. 

An old stove covered with antique kitchen implements of destruction.