We’ve identified 80 different brands of metal kitchen cabinets made back in the day. Today, a new entry in my quest to have at least one feature on each and every brand. Up next: Murray cabinets and cabinet sinks.
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I don’t have a catalog for this one — just a one-page ad. But it tells us that The Murray Corporation of America was based in Scranton, Pennsylvania. ANd, the company also made stoves and ranges.
The advertising was fun — typical of the ere including printing limitations, it featured idealistic imagery and text with the typical sales pitch.
I’m also going to try and hone my skills at distinguishing all the brands. The Murrays:
- Top drawer overhangs bottom drawers or doors
- Cabinet pulls — chrome pulls with molded recessed area below them. Similar to GE’s.
- Wall cabinets — no handles, rounded bottom.
- Whatnot walls units — have metal edge.
- Kickplate — white.
Who else is going study along so’s we can play my “name that cabinet” game?
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