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A new steel cabinet brand discovered this weekend!

Posted by: Pam Kueber • January 22, 2008

I feel like a giddy archeologist every time a new brand of metal kitchen cabinets surfaces.

I did some cleanup and additions to the Forum this long holiday weekend. Updated count: 45 distinct brands of steel kitchen cabinets from the 1930s through the 1980s! Admiral brand is the latest, with a lone cabinet just listed in the San Francisco area.

Lots of action on the forum in the past 24 hours. Be sure to check every day in the View Today’s Posts section if this topic interests you — going to this spot daily makes it easiest to see the very latest posts with one easy click.

And be sure to let our St. Charles hunters know if you have the odds and ends they are looking for. What goes around comes around.

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pderas says:

January 31, 2008 at 2:33 am

The Admiral kitchen was probably a stab at competition for the GE kitchens that were so popular in the 50′s.
Admiral was also an appliance maker…Still is, in fact.
See Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Admiral_(electrical_appliances)

Peggy

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50sPam says:

February 1, 2008 at 12:23 am

Thanks, Peggy! I’ve also added your comments to the Forum, where I’m trying to catalog the history of all steel kitchen cabinets.

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