"Sparkling beauty and smart design to put a touch of glamour into everyday living... yet practical too, in its time and work saving features... that's an electrical gift every mother will welcome," reads the ad copy.
"Yes, you're sure to please mother on her day with a new electric appliance she'll be proud to use for entertaining, happy to have every day in the year for many years to come."
I notice our pal Reddy Kilowatt is nowhere to be seen in the ad. I wonder if he was unsure whether every mother's face would really light up upon receiving one of the Westinghouse appliances?
Anyway, almost all of the 1955 gift suggestions are on eBay right now.
They really are quite beautifully designed. And the eBay write-up for each says that they still work, 70 years later – so they must have been of high quality.
For many years, my parents made their coffee with a stovetop Revere Ware percolator, before eventually switching to a Farberware electric percolator not unlike the Westinghouse Automatic Coffee Maker shown here. I'll bet the coffee made with that Westinghouse percolator beats the brew coming out of a Keurig any day.
