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Title |
Ice Box, 1907 |
Object Name |
Icebox |
Description |
Ice Box, 1907. Rectangular wooden ice box with two cabinets. Two cabinets have scalloped metal hinges and metal lever door handles. Sides of ice box has wooden paneling and back has wooden slats. Metal lined inside cabinets. |
Date |
1907 |
Creator |
Modern Refrigerator Company, Peru, Indiana |
Role |
Manufacturer |
Catalog Number |
2013.007.036 |
Dimensions |
H-33.5 W-21.25 D-15.75 inches |
Collection |
3D - Food Processing & Prep Tools & Equipment |
Inscription Text |
"MODERN REFRIGERATOR CO / CORK FILLED / PERU, IND / NO. 28 / INSPECTED / BY / SETH GREEN" (Stenciled text on back of box); "MODERN / (Partial Text)" (Stenciled text on front of box) |
Provenance |
Used in Milton's childhood home in La Honda - father had it built for his mother 1907 when they got married. Moved it across creek and when Milton was 5 years old, Milton slept in it over the creek. |
Notes |
"Well into the 1930s, households used large blocks of ice to keep food cold in "ice boxes." Some households chilled food only seasonally, taking advantage of cold temperatures by keeping perishables in the cellar, on the porch, or in window box refrigerators..." [http://americanhistory.si.edu/object-project/refrigerators/ice-tongs 7/28/2015] "Most of these early refrigerators were of quite simple design, a wood cabinet often decorated with some etched designs on the front exterior surface. They included two separate compartments, an insulated, lined area at the top designed to hold large chunks of ice and a bottom section with shelves for storing perishable food products..." [http://www.deforesthistory.org/newspaper/Whats%20an%20ice%20box.pdf 7/28/2015] "On returning to Peru he was appointed foreman of the sheet metal department of the Modern Refrigerator Company, which later became the American Refrigerator Company..." [http://debmurray.tripod.com/indiana/indbioref-26.htm 7/28/2015] |
Search Terms |
Appliances Bandit Built Store Cavalli Family Cavalli Bros. Store Cavalli, Charles Cavalli, Frank G. Cavalli, Milton R. Icebox Kitchen Kitchen Appliances La Honda - Businesses Zanoni, Mary Jane |
Subjects |
Appliances Ice Ice industry Kitchens Refrigerator industry Refrigerators |
People |
Cavalli Family Cavalli, Charles and Frank Cavalli, Milton R. Zanoni, Mary Jane |
Credit line |
Courtesy of Milton Cavalli |