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Black and white 9 3/4″ x 13 1/2″ ad for Maytag Automatic Washing Machines. Leaning on the railing of their Newport, Rhode Island home is Mr. and Mrs. Walsh and their eight children, all wearing clean clothes. The ad headline says that “Mr. Walsh sold all kinds of washers. He sold his wife a Maytag“. The subheadline says that “He steered her right. Her Maytag Washer has already put in 12 hard years without a single repair bill”. Sounds like they got the best kind for their money. “Mrs. Peter Walsh could have had her pick of many different makes of washers in her husband’s furniture store in Newport, Rhode Island. But he advised her to get a Maytag. That was back in 1957, and she’s glad she listened to him. Her Maytag has seen 6 of the 8 Walsh children through diapers. Not to mention doing all the regular wash for a growing family. For a long while it’s been averaging 25 loads a week. Yet it hasn’t needed one repair in all these years. Today you can get New Generation Maytags with many new features. A washer with giant capacity and numerous cycles. A dryer with Electronic Control that’s perfect for permanent press. We don’t say that all Maytag’s will equal the record that Mrs. Walsh has enjoyed. But we do say this: Dependability is what we aim to build into every Maytag“.
Source: June 14, 1968 Life magazine.
