{"id":16843,"date":"2014-07-14T00:39:01","date_gmt":"2014-07-14T05:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=16843"},"modified":"2019-11-26T06:58:35","modified_gmt":"2019-11-26T11:58:35","slug":"surviving-the-summer-thanks-to-westinghouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2014\/07\/14\/surviving-the-summer-thanks-to-westinghouse\/","title":{"rendered":"Surviving the Summer Thanks to Westinghouse"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Fan\"<\/p>\n

There’s nothing like an old fan – one that could take a finger off. This fan weighs 13 pounds and was manufactured by Westinghouse in 1941. It takes up residence in my kitchen from June to August.\u00a0We got the fan from my father-in-law, who lubricated it and replaced the worn cord. It works splendidly\u00a0and will probably last another 73 years!<\/span><\/p>\n

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There’s nothing like an old fan – one that could take a finger off. This fan weighs 13 pounds and was manufactured by Westinghouse in 1941. It takes up residence in my kitchen from June to August.\u00a0We got the fan … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[120,4],"tags":[3223,3224,1884],"class_list":["post-16843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-curious-clutter","category-news","tag-summer-in-the-city","tag-vintage-fans","tag-westinghouse"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-4nF","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14204,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2013\/08\/21\/collecting-hall-westinghouse-refrigerator-dishes\/","url_meta":{"origin":16843,"position":0},"title":"Collecting Hall Westinghouse Refrigerator Dishes","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"August 21, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Back in the day, when you purchased a Westinghouse refrigerator, they gave away these lovely leftover dishes manufactured by The Hall China Company. 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