Gibson 1949
Vintage Appliance Advertisements Part Three
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Gibson 1950
Proctor 1933
Dazey 1936
Crosley 1945
RCA 1963
Magnavox 1958
Great Ads Louie,
Thanks for posting.
The Coldspot "Convertible" Side by Side's are neat. I had a best friend who's family actually had the white one the the Cole's had in the ad. They also bought their Grandmother a 1969 version of the one the Henderson's had in Avocado. When I knew them and would hang out and eat at there house, these Coldspots were already over 16 years old. They would not have traded them for anything! They would also use the Freezer top side as a Fridge most of the time since they had a separate Freezer in a utility room.
I see these from time to time on Craigslist. I also see the Amana version quite often. Does anyone else know who made these during the years? I vaguely remember GE.
It is amazing to see what was old is new again with manufactures offering this same design once again.
I would love to have one if they were not such an energy hog! Just to figure out how they actually worked.
Thanks again for taking the time out and posting the ads. Lots of fun reading!
Brent
Thanks for posting.
The Coldspot "Convertible" Side by Side's are neat. I had a best friend who's family actually had the white one the the Cole's had in the ad. They also bought their Grandmother a 1969 version of the one the Henderson's had in Avocado. When I knew them and would hang out and eat at there house, these Coldspots were already over 16 years old. They would not have traded them for anything! They would also use the Freezer top side as a Fridge most of the time since they had a separate Freezer in a utility room.
I see these from time to time on Craigslist. I also see the Amana version quite often. Does anyone else know who made these during the years? I vaguely remember GE.
It is amazing to see what was old is new again with manufactures offering this same design once again.
I would love to have one if they were not such an energy hog! Just to figure out how they actually worked.
Thanks again for taking the time out and posting the ads. Lots of fun reading!
Brent
You're very welcome Brent!
<span style="font-size: medium;">More to come!</span>
<span style="font-size: medium;">More to come!</span>
Hamilton 1955
Hoover 1955
General Electric 1955
Servil 1955
Admiral 1961
How is a GAS refrigerator capable of making ice cubes w/o electricity? The I/M seems so much like one you'd find in an electric fridge, yet SERVALL claims it uses no other energy source other than natural gas!
How is that possible, & why wasn't this design more widely used? (And why did 'Gas' not last?)
-- Dave
How is that possible, & why wasn't this design more widely used? (And why did 'Gas' not last?)
-- Dave
Gas refrigerators
They had a burner that heated ammonia as a refrigerant. The fridge would use electricity to operate the ice-maker or defrost timer. If not equipped with defrost timer or icemaker, the unit indeed would use no electricity.
Why didn't GAS refrigerators persist? Dunno. My aunt had a Whirlpool gas in the 1960s WITH an icemaker! Their popularity in the home seems to have faded after that. You can still buy these "absorption" refrigerators generally for RV use to this day.
If not perfectly maintained, older GAS refrigerators emitted carbon-monoxide gas which resulted in numerous deaths. Since Servel was among the few (if only) gas refrigerator makers of the time, and probably the most popular, their stuff was probably targeted as the refrigerators aged and deaths increased.
I thought Servel's agreement with Electrolux to make the guts ended and Whirlpool bought up Servel to get the icemaker patents?
This I am not clear on. Perhaps the group knows.
They had a burner that heated ammonia as a refrigerant. The fridge would use electricity to operate the ice-maker or defrost timer. If not equipped with defrost timer or icemaker, the unit indeed would use no electricity.
Why didn't GAS refrigerators persist? Dunno. My aunt had a Whirlpool gas in the 1960s WITH an icemaker! Their popularity in the home seems to have faded after that. You can still buy these "absorption" refrigerators generally for RV use to this day.
If not perfectly maintained, older GAS refrigerators emitted carbon-monoxide gas which resulted in numerous deaths. Since Servel was among the few (if only) gas refrigerator makers of the time, and probably the most popular, their stuff was probably targeted as the refrigerators aged and deaths increased.
I thought Servel's agreement with Electrolux to make the guts ended and Whirlpool bought up Servel to get the icemaker patents?
This I am not clear on. Perhaps the group knows.
Waring 1948
Pyrex 1950
Sparton 1950
Sparton 1953
