50's and 60's Microwave's- Are they out there?

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Originally Posted by truetone36

Maybe there are a few out there. The first home microwave ovens were introduced in 1953. They cost $1,250 each and were as big as a refrigerator. There were no countertop models until 1967.

There was a restaurant in the neighborhood, where I grew up, that had a real early microwave, in the later 50's. It was a Tappan and it was the size of an electric, build-in type oven. It ran on 230 volts and had the old type knob type timer. It had other controls on it as well. It might've had electric elements also.
The owner said that it cost around $1,000 when new.