Vintage GE Fridge Info Wanted...

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Further research

The earliest I could find this magnetic door mentioned was in June 1950, in which GE's ad explains how it works. As I'm posting from my cellphone, I can't get the link to the copy, but if you go to Ken's link, you can replace 1951 with 1950. The ad is in the June 19 issue of"Life".

 

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Thanks Tom, I found it!

 

I wonder why GE abandoned the magnetic gaskets so quickly.  Everybody else was using them at least to some extent by the early '60s if not sooner, while GE was still using the "bubble" type gaskets with exposed door magnets and metal strips on the cabinets for quite a while longer.

 

Re: the linked ad, scroll up, as it's a two-pager.

LIFE

LIFE Magazine is the treasured photographic magazine that chronicled the 20th Century. It now lives on at LIFE.com, the largest, most amazing collection of professional photography on the internet. Users can browse, search and view photos of today’s people and events. They have free access to...

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