Kind of small freezer, but would be great for pop or as a second fridge only.
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Ooooh, all porcelain too!
Laundress, that was pretty typical of a freezer back then. Our 1948 Kelvinator wasn't much different.
You cannot even get a decent sized container of ice cream in that freezer, much less frozen veggies! Guess it would be alright today if one made daily or every other day runs to the shops and or had a larger unit elsewhere.
L.
L.
The funny thing is, 2 of my favorite shows on Saturday night are 'As time goes by" and of course 'keeping up appearances' and both of these families have under counter fridges or i guess what we in the states call dorm fridges.
Most of us here will do a weekly shopping all in one shot.
I guess we really do think bigger is better. I just could never see the average american dealing with an undercounter fridge as the main fridge.
I know spoiled Americans? Thank god.
Most of us here will do a weekly shopping all in one shot.
I guess we really do think bigger is better. I just could never see the average american dealing with an undercounter fridge as the main fridge.
I know spoiled Americans? Thank god.
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I just went on a rant because of the small freezer and took it somewhere else. But still people learned to do without...nothing like today..i wanted it last week is our f***ed up attitude.
I just went on a rant because of the small freezer and took it somewhere else. But still people learned to do without...nothing like today..i wanted it last week is our f***ed up attitude.
Ice cream would be a little soft in a freezer like that, they usually run about 15 degrees F. Frozen foods did not become popular untill the 1950s.
I remember we had some of these Frigidaires in refrigeration class in high school. The teacher said these compressors were bullit-proof, he never found a bad one.
Ken D.
I remember we had some of these Frigidaires in refrigeration class in high school. The teacher said these compressors were bullit-proof, he never found a bad one.
Ken D.
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I just worry...
About the sulfur dioxide in those old units....
About the sulfur dioxide in those old units....
I don't think Frigidaire used Sulphur Dioxide.
There's a few of those 'fridges in the junkyard Rick and me visited this spring.One I'm still contemplating going after.....
There's a few of those 'fridges in the junkyard Rick and me visited this spring.One I'm still contemplating going after.....
I'm pretty sure it was mainly GE that used sulfer dioxide in their "monitor top" units and they stopped using it in the early 40's if not sooner.
Many years ago when I was using a tiny 1939 Westinghouse as my main frig, I put the ice cream carton directly on the bottom of the freezer evaporator and it was much firmer that way than if I had sat it on top of other items in the freezing compartment.
Many years ago when I was using a tiny 1939 Westinghouse as my main frig, I put the ice cream carton directly on the bottom of the freezer evaporator and it was much firmer that way than if I had sat it on top of other items in the freezing compartment.
Small fridges are also a result of smaller kitchens found in many parts of the UK/Europe, especially flats.
In "As Time Goes By" Jean Parterger's kitchen is located at the back of a townhouse home. Though she does have a cupboard behind the stairs, if the home is old enough it would have been common for the kitchens to be below stairs (basement). Many times as in the US, when the house is "updated" it's new owners wish a kitchen on the main floor to save all that running up and downstairs. Remember 100 or so years ago there would have been servants to bring meals up with perhaps a dumb waiter. You have no idea how difficult it is to get hot meals up one (ground floor)flight of stairs, much less two or more (bedrooms or floors above ground floor).
Anywho, the point of all this palaver is that if the home was remodeled, the kitchen would have been carved out of some other space. It does strike me as odd that Jean's house does not have a formal dining room, common for homes of that era. So perhaps the kitchen was craved out of a dining area, and the front parlour left slighly smaller, but large enough for a drawing room and office area.
Though if the home was built say around 1900 or so, when there was a building boom of "middle class" housing, it would have been common for the kitchen/scullery to be located at the back of the house. It was not expected for middle class housewives to have servants full time, so the need for an easy to reach kitchen was a required. 1900 House reality show has just such a home.
In general however, you are correct in that European/UK homes do favour "fresh" over storing up for the duration. Bread, meat, veggies, fruit,fish, etc usually were all purchased one daily or every other day trips to the shops/market. There is a common "joke" in the UK and probably parts of Europe as well, that no decent married woman goes out without her shopping bag/basket. By way of explination, many shops in Europe/UK do not pack groceries/purchases in those plastic or paper bags American shops give away by the crate load. One is expected to have one's own shopping basket/cart/bag to fetch things home. This is a hold over from another time when Mrs. would go shopping with her own basket to bring things home in. Though many shops today do offer plastic sacks, some areas frown upon it due to complaints from environmental activists who complain about all those plastic bags basically going into the rubbish.
L.
In "As Time Goes By" Jean Parterger's kitchen is located at the back of a townhouse home. Though she does have a cupboard behind the stairs, if the home is old enough it would have been common for the kitchens to be below stairs (basement). Many times as in the US, when the house is "updated" it's new owners wish a kitchen on the main floor to save all that running up and downstairs. Remember 100 or so years ago there would have been servants to bring meals up with perhaps a dumb waiter. You have no idea how difficult it is to get hot meals up one (ground floor)flight of stairs, much less two or more (bedrooms or floors above ground floor).
Anywho, the point of all this palaver is that if the home was remodeled, the kitchen would have been carved out of some other space. It does strike me as odd that Jean's house does not have a formal dining room, common for homes of that era. So perhaps the kitchen was craved out of a dining area, and the front parlour left slighly smaller, but large enough for a drawing room and office area.
Though if the home was built say around 1900 or so, when there was a building boom of "middle class" housing, it would have been common for the kitchen/scullery to be located at the back of the house. It was not expected for middle class housewives to have servants full time, so the need for an easy to reach kitchen was a required. 1900 House reality show has just such a home.
In general however, you are correct in that European/UK homes do favour "fresh" over storing up for the duration. Bread, meat, veggies, fruit,fish, etc usually were all purchased one daily or every other day trips to the shops/market. There is a common "joke" in the UK and probably parts of Europe as well, that no decent married woman goes out without her shopping bag/basket. By way of explination, many shops in Europe/UK do not pack groceries/purchases in those plastic or paper bags American shops give away by the crate load. One is expected to have one's own shopping basket/cart/bag to fetch things home. This is a hold over from another time when Mrs. would go shopping with her own basket to bring things home in. Though many shops today do offer plastic sacks, some areas frown upon it due to complaints from environmental activists who complain about all those plastic bags basically going into the rubbish.
L.
No sulfur dioxide by this "late" model.
