Plus: a Cusheen countertop and a GE stove — both NOS!
What mysteries await, inside these crumbling old boxes???
Howdy hudee: 10 New Old Stock Youngstown Steel Kitchen Cabinets — untouched by human fingerprints for 66 years — straight from the factory in 1949. I so want to be there when these little time capsules are opened!
Oh –> And there’s there’s a 1949 GE stove, also New Old Stock (NOS), to match!
–> And a Cusheen countertop!
Reader Ben emailed us about this discovery:
Hi there, I happened upon a time capsule, while helping a friend straighten out her family’s storage garage. The garage had been locked and forgotten for many years.
As we snooped through the piles of keepsakes from her family, all long passed, we found approximately 10 unopened boxes of Youngstown steel kitchen cabinets. During the process of moving these boxes I found a newspaper in between the boxes that was dated 1949.
In a different location sitting since 1949, there is a General Electric stove that is also unused in pristine condition — still has the price tag dangling off the handle. It’s really a cool looking piece with a clock and looks like a deep fryer maybe built into it. Again it looks to be brand spanking new, and I know it is unused. I’m pretty sure the stove was bought at the same time cabinets were purchased, probably all part of the same kitchen upgrade they were planning at the time.
I plan to unpack these cabinets as soon as possible, I can’t wait to see what’s inside. I did take a peek in a couple of boxes and yes they look brand-new, regardless of what the rats and termites did to the cardboard boxes.
Thanks again, Pam,
Ben
Thank you, Ben, for thinking of us and sharing these photos! What a fabulous find! I’ll stay in touch, for sure, to find out what you decide to do with these treasures!
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Miranda says
i would have opened them up right then and there! why wait! AHHHH!!!! the suspense!!!!
Karen says
Ben-you and your friend are remarkable people. It is one thing to offer a days service to a stranger, but to help out not knowing an end date is beyond special. She was truly blessed when you answered her ad.
Ben says
Yes indeed , for me this was a find of a lifetime. My friend and I were out on a Craigs list lead of a garage sale, selling just about everything under the sun. At the time I was looking for selvage lumbar, and there was plenty of it. Right off the bat we could see that the elderly lady was overwhelmed trying to do the sale on her own. So we offered to help with unpacking boxes and any sort of sweat labor that she required. ” Long story short ” we spent the next year practically every day going from room to room and box after box of this huge old house and outbuildings that were filled with three generations of stuff. It all ended up good, my friend and I along with a few volunteers, help her to set up a huge estate sale. She did well! And I ended up with a huge supply of reclaimed lumber and these steel kitchen cabinets, along with some lower back problems, that don’t allow me to do even as much as unpacking these cabinets for the time being . Hopefully within the next few days or week I’ll be back on my feet again . I am as anxious as all of you to see what’s inside?
Ben
vintigchik says
How I would love to have these to restore my 1949 kitchen to its former glory. Sigh…
amy in Sacramento says
Please keep us posted! (Will they be put up for sale? I’m remodeling my kitchen right now…if I can only get my husband interested in these rather than Ikea cabinets…) 😉
Birgitte says
Ha! Been there! Hubby is an IKEA-fanatic, but once I showed him my Pinterest board full of old print ads from here plus finished renovations from users, he finally got onboard. The fact that we save money on it helped too.
Karin says
What a score! Can’t wait to see it all installed! And yes, my DH thought I more than a little daft to buy a set of Youngstowns and then pay more than their purchase price to have them repainted. I just can’t see living with the cheap Thermofoil cabinets any longer.
Out with the new(ish) and in with the old.
Robin, NV says
When’s the Big Reveal?!
Mary says
Wonder why these were never installed? I’d love to hear the story.
Ed Hubbard says
Great stuff!!
From a time when they used to manufacture things in Ohio.
Bobbie says
WOW-ee-WOW-WOW! I wants the preciousssssss….
oh Holland says
Cliffhanger! *Holds breath till next installment*