1948 Kelvy range and 'fridge

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And the museum pieces just keep on coming! 

 

Clearly a pair of appliances that enjoyed the stewardship of a homemaker who grew up during the depression.

 

They are both beautiful and built better than anything that can be bought new, and which would cost more than $2K.
 
They do look showroom fresh.  My Great-Aunt Alvera had the same model fridge, and it was the only electric fridge she ever had.  She even refused to get a new one when she and Uncle Eldor built a new home in 1962 because she liked it so much.  Unfortunately, it was scrapped in 1987 when she died and the house was sold.
 
We had a Nash-Kelvinator refrigerator like that in our basement that my dad bought used to replace a Westinghouse that had quit. It ran for several years before breaking down, at which time he got the old '47 Frigidaire I still have.
 
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