“White-Box” Door Chime
Sears Commodity Door Chime Model 34-1449 In the 1970s, efforts to drive down costs and simplify the home, doorbells were fading into the walls. Doorbells… Read More »“White-Box” Door Chime
Sears Commodity Door Chime Model 34-1449 In the 1970s, efforts to drive down costs and simplify the home, doorbells were fading into the walls. Doorbells… Read More »“White-Box” Door Chime
Rittenhouse Model 101 Single Note Doorbell. The “Pilgrim” The Rittenhouse Model 101 was one of two “Bar Chimes” in the Rittenhouse line in the late… Read More »Rittenhouse 101 Pilgrim
Nutone Skyline K-14 Door Chime incorporates resonators in cover Resonator chambers incorporated into the design of this door chime distinguish the NuTone K-14 Skyline. While… Read More »Nutone Skyline
Faraday Dixie Streamlined Door Chime The Faraday Dixie Door Chime was part of a full line of doorbells and door chimes and was likely one… Read More »Faraday Dixie Streamliner
Melo-chyme Door Call This vintage doorbell, The Melo-chyme was manufactured in Scotland. The chime is described as “An Ultra Modern sweet-toned door call.” This door… Read More »Melo-chyme Door Call
Nutone “Chimette” Table Dinner Chimes Dinner chimes were a forerunner and contemporary of door chimes, and are still in use today. They were commonly used… Read More »Nutone Dinner Chime
A Doorbell Renaissance at Sears with Rittenhouse The Sears 1964 catalogs were a bit of a door chime renaissance at Sears. The Fall 1964 Big-Book… Read More »Doorbell Renaissance
Sears’ Doorbells Ring-In Post War Prosperity Following the War, America was optimistic. Returning service men started families in record numbers. Suburbs with millions of new… Read More »Postwar