Spotted during a call: something for the refrigerator guys...

[redcarpetdrew]

My customer had this to show me. A 1939 G.E refrigerator. It's been in his family since new. And yes, that is the factory paint job! Well cared for...

 

[redcarpetdrew]

A closeup of the front...

 

[redcarpetdrew]

Money shot...

Still in service. He says it works better than the one in his kitchen...

 

[redcarpetdrew]

The freezer... Looks neat. It's NEVER been serviced...

RCD

 

[sudsmaster]

Very nice!

I have a similar unit from the late 40's. The one in your photos looks more Deco, so it might be early 40's or later 30's.

PS-These things seem to run forever. Mine still runs like a top.

 

[rll70sman]

Another piece of American quality and craftsmanship!

My grandparents had a General Electric fridge very similar to this (probably a late '40s model) in their basement. According to them, they bought it used from an elderly woman sometime around 1970. It was super quiet and worked flawlessly the entire time they had it. Once my grandmother passed away and my grandfather moved into a nursing home in 2005, the fridge was acquired by my cousin and her husband. To my knowledge, they still have it!

 

[58limited]

My Aunt and Uncle have this same fridge in the run-down-now-used-as-storage original house on their ranch. It is not in as good of condition and quit working when rats chewed the power cord in the early 1990s. My aging uncle has just never gotten around to replacing the cord. I plan to ask them if I can have it the next time I visit.

 

[rp2813]

What a Delightful Sight!

Drew, I'm confident you heaped praise upon those owners on greater AW's behalf. Just a beautiful little machine. It's so precious how it has its own little niche. It looks like it could hop out of there and start dancing across the kitchen, sweet little virginal unit that it is. I'm in love.

There's a rough one like it on CL here for $25 but it's just a little too far away and I suspect too much of a project.

 

[westingman123]

Often have I...

envied you your job, Drew. But now, oh, NOW I'll have to go to confession. Thanks for sharing all these beautiful appliances with us! As in another thread... "through my fault, through my fault..."

 

[redcarpetdrew]

Often have I envied you your job, Drew.

Thanks! I thought I'd never ever hear that... True, it is fun to see things like this still in service in the home. Silly as it sounds, you can actually tell much about a person by how they care for their appliances...

RCD

 

[athanasius80]

They used that cabinet style from about 1939 to at least 1946. Nice to see one so crisp and original!

 

[ptcruiser51]

What is that gizmo on the door?

almost looks like an air-freshener.

P.S. This guy needs to SERIOUSLY back-off on the boxed wine purchases!

 

[rp2813]

Through my fault, through my fault, through my most grievous

Bobbins, are you paying attention?

 

[swestoyz]

Now that is a clean fridge. Love the GE Badge. I haven't seen that font used before. Very Deco!

 

[58limited]

I believe the gizmo in the door is a thermometer.

 

[oldwasherguy]

Just beautiful!!

 

[may63]

Very cool

 

[jaxsunst]

Boxed Wine

Must be expecting Stephanie Miller.

 

[douglasdc6]

I have that same refrigerator

I have the same refrigerator - Its a sulfer dioxide machine with a large compressor - They refuse to die.

Obviously these units were very well made.