1954+ Speed Queen Emblem Bakelite/Plastic - Front Washer-Dryer - Ships Free 2US!

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1953-54 Speed Queen Emblem Bakelite/Plastic - Front Washer-Dryer- Ships Free 2US
Gorgeous Plastic/Bakelite Speed Queen Emblem. I have several from the 1930's and 1940's, this is cool version as it is not chrome or metal, but bakelite or plastic. Fact is, I have not come across another and I challenge you to find another. I have a suspicion that this came from the "Speed Queen Ironer" or it was the transition from Round 1940's Top-Fill with the Rollers to the more updated square and boxy washer/dryers that we still have today.
Take a look at the advertisement from 1953, where it introducing the 1954 look and feel, I suspect this is where this Speed Queen Emblem belonged. I have a rather large collection of vintage 1920-1959 magazines and I hope to come across that ad in the future, but for now, here is what I have. The truth is the photographs tell the story, it's a very cool and very nice Speed Queen Logo, The Queen or what I refer to as "The Pontiac Indian" is facing to the Left, and I believe that transition was in 1953 when they went from the round basin that could be easily moved as it was on rollers to the square box we use today, but CANNOT move around!
Here is some Speed Queen history:
The Beginning
Back in 1908, Joe Barlow and John Seelig, two industrious hardware store owners in Ripon, WI, purchased several hand-powered washing machines from a company in Kansas City, MO. After experimenting with the washing machines, the inventors devised a way to increase the machine’s efficiency through high-speed gearing. The partners purchased the manufacturing rights from the company in Kansas City and Barlow & Seelig Manufacturing was born. The company produced a limited amount of washers named the “White Cloud” until 1928 when the brand name became Speed Queen®. And a legend was born.
Joe Barlow and John Seelig wasted no time establishing Speed Queen’s reputation as innovators. In 1911, the company’s first washer powered by an electric motor was built. In 1915, they introduced the first swinging wringer to operate in any direction. In 1922, the manufacturing of washers built with nickel copper tubs, a first in the industry, began. And in 1939, Speed Queen traded in the nickel copper tubs for stainless steel that is still used in our washing machines today.
The War Era
We pride ourselves on identifying people’s needs and doing what needs to be done to fulfill them. That mindset took a slightly different turn in the early 1940s. Like many manufacturers during World War II (1942-1945), Speed Queen halted its production of laundry equipment to manufacture 20mm shells as well as parts for airplanes, tanks and guns. Operating 24 hours a day to support the war effort, the company received numerous awards for its service.