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woddities: wonderful oddities

With millions of homes being built in America after World War II, inventors were working overtime on new, modern home conveniences. Some of these design became ubiquitous, while others... I call these corporate hiccups "wonderful oddities", or "woddities." Over the years readers we have spotted plenty. My personal favorites include the 1963 Electro-Sink Center (a kitchen faucet married a food processor) and the 1960 GE Partio Cart (barbecue + oven + percolator plug + don't forget the fringed patio umbrella).

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relaxation unit vintage

Five different brands — six designs — of “relaxation units” — places next to the toilet for your toilet paper, magazines — and smokes

partio cart

GE Partio Cart — original 1960 photo and a never-used unit in Seattle

lagardo tacket egg heads

Lagardo Tackett stash containers — the complete set of eight

electro sink center 1963

1963 Electro-Sink Center: The most wonderful kitchen faucet ever?!

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1941 Standard brand Darlington porcelain bathroom dressing table

Rare and wonderful: 1941 Standard brand Darlington Dressing Table — porcelain china bathroom side table

dishmaster bar boy

Dishmaster Bar Boy — a bar sink sold with a Dishmaster faucet, New Old Stock, yum!

vintage dishmaster new old stock

New old stock vintage Dishmaster kitchen faucet — happy birthday to me!

tiara kitchen faucet by raymond loewy for elkay

New Old Stock stunner! Raymond Loewy’s Tiara kitchen faucet for Elkay

satin glide relaxation unit

8 nifty cubbies designed to stash your smokes in mid century bathrooms

kelvinator food arama refrigerator

12 vintage refrigerators — from rare to wacky to sublime!

vintage formica wall tiles

Formica wall tiles — rare vintage Sequin and Nassau 10 inch wall tiles

mystery bathroom holder

Laura’s mystery tile-in bathroom receptor holder thingy — what is it?

new old stock nutone recessed bath scale

Nutone Concealed Bathroom Scale — this New Old Stock beauty recesses right into your wall

revolving toilet paper holder with ash tray

Vintage revolving concealed toilet paper holder — with ash tray inside!

Rejuvenaire Electronic Odor Control for the Home — vintage woddity

kohler habitat spa

Kohler Habitat Masterbath Environmental Enclosure: $20,000 bathroom luxury c. 1978

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