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    Geneva Kitchens of Steel advertising banner — perfect for my kitchen!

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    Posted by: pam kueber • April 21, 2016

    Geneva-kitchen-art-1I scored this vintage Geneva Kitchens advertising banner on ebay a bit ago. It is PERFECT for this spot in my kitchen, don’t you think? It makes me pretty happy. And for those of you wondering, that’s a vintage “Bin-Et” below. We bought it 25 year ago and it’s always found a perfect spot in any house we were in. We use it to hold fruits and vegetables, and in the bottom compartment (not completely visible in this photo) we stash newspapers for recycling.

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    1. Mary Elizabeth says

      April 23, 2016 at 6:39 am

      I love the banner, and it doesn’t feel at all Communist to me, retro comrades!

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    2. Carolyn says

      April 24, 2016 at 11:35 am

      Kathy, I think we tend to think locally with history when actually the world was going thru approximately the same trends such as Art Deco and Modernism. And everyone freely borrows or copies whatever catches their imagination.
      I saw alot of stuff starting from the 1920’s/1930’s and beyond with these symbols: church/synagogue, business logos, govt ephemera, military,civic, etc. It seems to gather and then dissipate until enough time goes by and it’s “new” again.

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    3. Kathy in San Leandro says

      April 28, 2016 at 11:34 am

      Oh my goodness! I did not by any means intend to suggest that either Pam or Geneva were in any way Communist!

      I was actually hypothesizing more along the lines Carolyn suggests: Geneva designs a stylish, contemporary banner. Then McCarthyism rears its head and Geneva’s design may be misinterpreted, so Geneva moves on to another style.

      Steel cabinets are not my thing. I don’t know when Geneva began using red and gold. I don’t even know when Geneva was founded! Russian history *is* my thing, so I was simply struck by the resemblance and wondered whether Geneva may have encountered any resistance to that design.

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      • pam kueber says

        April 28, 2016 at 11:54 am

        not to worry! 🙂

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    4. Dan Tal says

      January 23, 2018 at 5:46 pm

      I’m looking for the plastic bags piece that catches the pins to hold the door closed

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      • Pam Kueber says

        January 23, 2018 at 6:11 pm

        I don’t research these questions, Dan — 85 brands!

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