GALLERY: Electrolux through the years

Updated October 30 2013 - 1:11pm, first published October 25 2013 - 11:28am
Father and son working at the Email factory Alar and Leon Kiho. Photo courtesy Leon and Ludmilla Kiho.
Father and son working at the Email factory Alar and Leon Kiho. Photo courtesy Leon and Ludmilla Kiho.
A guard of honour of apprentices welcomes the Queen as she visits the Email factory in 1970.
A guard of honour of apprentices welcomes the Queen as she visits the Email factory in 1970.
Queen Elizabeth signs the visitors’ book at the Email factory, 1970.
Queen Elizabeth signs the visitors’ book at the Email factory, 1970.
The Queen arrives at the Email factory, 1970.
The Queen arrives at the Email factory, 1970.
The Queen talks to an Email worker as she tours the factory in 1970.
The Queen talks to an Email worker as she tours the factory in 1970.
Brothers Ferdi and Keith Boers, who were both apprentices at the Emmco factory. Ferdi was the first migrant to be awarded an apprenticeship at the factory. Photo courtesy Ferdi Boers.
Brothers Ferdi and Keith Boers, who were both apprentices at the Emmco factory. Ferdi was the first migrant to be awarded an apprenticeship at the factory. Photo courtesy Ferdi Boers.
Boers10: Ferdi Boers, second left, as a leading hand in the air conditioning area at the Email factory, 1962. Photo courtesy Ferdi Boers.
Boers10: Ferdi Boers, second left, as a leading hand in the air conditioning area at the Email factory, 1962. Photo courtesy Ferdi Boers.
‘Tent City’, the accommodation between the factory and the railway line offered to European migrants who were sent to work at the Emmco factory in the late 1940s. Photo courtesy Wendy Bondaruk.
‘Tent City’, the accommodation between the factory and the railway line offered to European migrants who were sent to work at the Emmco factory in the late 1940s. Photo courtesy Wendy Bondaruk.
Monty Fabry and son Robert at the Email factory, 1962. Photo: CWD Negative Collection, Orange & District Historical Society.
Monty Fabry and son Robert at the Email factory, 1962. Photo: CWD Negative Collection, Orange & District Historical Society.
Alar Kiho and his father Leon at the Emmco factory, 1962. Photo: CWD Negative Collection, Orange & District Historical Society.
Alar Kiho and his father Leon at the Emmco factory, 1962. Photo: CWD Negative Collection, Orange & District Historical Society.
Email employees collect their holiday pay, 1962. Photo: CWD Negative Collection, Orange & District Historical Society.
Email employees collect their holiday pay, 1962. Photo: CWD Negative Collection, Orange & District Historical Society.
Email employees collect their holiday pay, 1962. Photo: CWD Negative Collection, Orange & District Historical Society.
Email employees collect their holiday pay, 1962. Photo: CWD Negative Collection, Orange & District Historical Society.
Orange pensioners’ Christmas dinner, 1963, organised annually for many years by the combined unions at Email Ltd. Photo: CWD Negative Collection, Orange & District Historical Society.
Orange pensioners’ Christmas dinner, 1963, organised annually for many years by the combined unions at Email Ltd. Photo: CWD Negative Collection, Orange & District Historical Society.
Orange pensioners’ Christmas dinner, 1963, organised annually for many years by the combined unions at Email Ltd. Photo: CWD Negative Collection, Orange & District Historical Society.
Orange pensioners’ Christmas dinner, 1963, organised annually for many years by the combined unions at Email Ltd. Photo: CWD Negative Collection, Orange & District Historical Society.
An aerial view of the factory. Photo courtesy Email Ltd.
An aerial view of the factory. Photo courtesy Email Ltd.
Whole families worked at the Email factory. Pictured at members of the Kiho family: Jon, Alar, Leon, Ludmilla, Kersti, Ivar and Kerstin. Photo Robert Bruce, courtesy Email Ltd.
Whole families worked at the Email factory. Pictured at members of the Kiho family: Jon, Alar, Leon, Ludmilla, Kersti, Ivar and Kerstin. Photo Robert Bruce, courtesy Email Ltd.
Arnolds Rozentals, right, supervising a worker at the Email factory. Photo courtesy Email Ltd.
Arnolds Rozentals, right, supervising a worker at the Email factory. Photo courtesy Email Ltd.
Toolmaker Tony Siemer was one of a number of skilled toolmakers the Emmco factory recruited from Germany in the early 1950s. Photo courtesy Tony Siemer.
Toolmaker Tony Siemer was one of a number of skilled toolmakers the Emmco factory recruited from Germany in the early 1950s. Photo courtesy Tony Siemer.

Electrolux will announce on Friday whether it will keep its Orange plant open beyond 2015. 

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