The Visiminder

You are looking at a still from that grand scifi movie The Invasion of the Body Snatchers. A surprisingly domestic scene for a movie about alien invaders, I just had to take this shot for the stove. 

Yes, the stove. It was 1956. Tappan had just introduced this fine stove, the Visiminder. You'll note the burners are to the back, affording some convenient workspace up front for utensils and such. And unlike way too many modern stoves, the controls are up front, not on the back panel where you have to reach over whatever is cooking to adjust them. 

In addition, the stove had two ovens, a broiler, a "Visitimer," a "Visiguide" (a quick reference guide right there on the stove for the correct temperature for various meats) and 5 (count 'em) pilots. 

How do I know all this? You're no doubt thinking my family had one while I was growing up. Not so!

It was the stove in my current home in 1985 when we bought it. It was still going strong.