1970s Retro Kitchen Bath Design Archive Vintage Appliances Whirlpool NuTone For Sale

Original Goldberg Company appliance and builder-products dealer archive from Richmond, Virginia, dating primarily from the late 1970s. The Goldberg binder itself is marked “Your Merchandising Distributor Since 1911.”

This substantial original dealer binder contains period catalogs, brochures, price sheets, product literature, installation information, order forms, and Goldberg Company documents covering kitchen cabinets, appliances, range hoods, vanities, medicine cabinets, countertops, faucets, sinks, and related builder products.

The binder is also an excellent visual reference for 1970s interior and product design, with extensive color photography and illustrations showing period kitchens, bathrooms, cabinetry, appliances, fixtures, finishes, colors, typography, and advertising design. Many of the glossy brochures retain especially vivid period imagery.

Manufacturers and brands represented Faucet

Highlights include two 32-page Whirlpool Builder Products publications; extensive NuTone bathroom cabinetry literature; Kitchen Kompact cabinetry material; period appliance and fixture advertising; dealer and wholesale price information; Goldberg order sheets and delivery terms; and a March 25, 1980 Goldberg memo to Whirlpool microwave oven dealers concerning required sales record keeping.

Dated material observed ranges from 1976 through 1980, including a King Mini Kitchens price sheet effective January 1, 1977; Chemcraft material effective September 1, 1976; a Goldberg price sheet dated June 4, 1979; and Goldberg documents from 1980.

Condition: This is an original working dealer binder and shows age and use. Materials exhibit varying degrees of age-related toning, discoloration, scattered foxing, edge/corner wear, and occasional handling or handwritten marks. The plain-paper price sheets and documents generally show more discoloration than the glossy promotional literature. Some brochure covers show more age than their interiors, while many interior glossy pages remain bright, colorful, and visually attractive. Materials were three-hole punched for storage in the binder as originally assembled and used. The Goldberg binder itself shows surface wear and discoloration from age and use.

Please review all photographs for condition and examples of the contents. Sold intact as found; individual pieces have not been removed or separated.

A substantial surviving piece of Richmond, Virginia business history and 1970s commercial design, with appeal as a period reference for vintage kitchens and bathrooms, appliances, cabinetry, interior design, advertising, graphic design, architecture, and the residential building trade.

Note: The first image is a promotional composite created using generative AI based on photographs of the actual contents. All other listing photos show the actual item and materials included.

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