Vintage Refrigerator - local estate sale

[estatesale_gary]

Hi - there is a local sale this weekend that has a unique refrigerator - they list the brand as "Imperial". The handle is very strange. There is a shot of the pink interior - I can make out a "w" - is this a Westinghouse perhaps? It seems to be in pretty good shape.

 

[estatesale_gary]

Here is the interior

Looks pretty clean.

 

[rp2813]

That is indeed a strange looking and over-engineered handle. That "W" looks kind of like the one Whirlpool used in their logo. Or maybe it's a "Wizard?" Wasn't that a brand that Western Auto or somebody like that used to sell? Might explain the steering wheel motif for the handle.

 

[bygted]

yep !

Pretty sure that's a mid-ish 50's Wizard /Western Auto.
They did make an Imperial model.
I sure would love to have that one for the collection!

... jeez ... a ships wheel ! only in the 50's !
you gotta love that !
Ted