In the 70s I grew up in a house where we wheeled the dishwasher around and hooked it up to the faucet.
Wednesday, 12 Mar 2025
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Ours was avovado green.
Ours moved around under its own control. I know that because it was me.
the cutting board on top is a nice touch
Dude! I still have a portable dishwasher.
Had to be careful disconnecting it from the faucet when it was done, otherwise water everywhere!
I live in a small duplex and still have one. It’s very handy
Must have been nice to be rich huh? Mr.Moneybags
I had one of these until 2008. Gets the job done. Also a mobile countertop.
We also had a dishwasher in those years and she is still a top grade dishwasher and I still call her Mom.
Yep, we had one too. Had to properly depressurize the umbilical or you’d spray water everywhere!
US Army family, went on assignment to UK in 1991, we bought one of these new in NY and took it with us and used it in our house in Andover! Had to have a 220 to 110v transformer to run it. Brits were envious!
In the 70’s my sister and I WERE the dishwasher…
We were not avocado green. Usually.
My aunt and uncle had this setup — as the oldest child dishwasher in my house … I was very jealous.
The funny thing is that they rinsed the dishes so much before putting them in the machine … they may as well just finished washing by hand! 😂
Hell I use one of these now.
They still make them. I had one in my house until a few months ago.
Live in a house that was built in 1968. They didn’t install a dishwasher so we had one of those as well.
Yep. And we felt like upper crust when we got it.
Montgomery Wards Model. Avocado green. Bought it for mom for Christmas of 77.
To any younger folks lurking… This thing is imperative if you have roommates and there is no builtin dishwasher. This is an argument preventer. And run it every day even if it’s not full. They use 2-5 gallons of water, using less water than if you did dishes by hand. Dishes are a huge source of argument with roommates, and the money spent on a dishwasher like this will save you your sanity, friendships, and take away an avenue that may cost you a roommate/living arrangement, which disrupts your life and sets you back.
Seriously, kids. Let these words roll around your gulliver. I assure you, they are wise.
I had a small plastic portable washing machine several years ago that I had to fill with a bucket, and put it in the bathtub when in use so it could drain out the hose. A wheelie dishwasher when I was a kid would’ve been amazing. Maybe dad wouldn’t have spent so much time yelling at us for not being perfect to his standards.
LOL. My wife and I got one of these for our starter home kitchen! The cutting board top came in handy.
My apartment BUILDING had these units in the late 80s and early 90. These weren’t the worst because we also had washing machines that did the same. So we rolled around our dishwashers and our clothes washers both. Spin cycle was the worst. I moved and bought a house with both fully installed.
I was happy to wheel it in and out, hook it up and no dishpan hands!
1950s mid 1950s is when we had ours and yours from photo with all its push button controls was much nicer; ours only had a knob to turn plus a strainer inside the hose connection that needed rinsing after every load
I’m soooo old 
My parents still do that.
We were still using one of those in the early 90s.
I did the same thing! We called her Grandma.
I think my dad STILL has one of these!