Rusty Antique Frigidaire

by D Hackett

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Rusty Antique Frigidaire

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D Hackett

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Photograph - Digital

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Rusty Antique Frigidaire by D Hackett

This rusty antique Frigidaire refrigerator was found in my neighbors barn.

Frigidaire is an American brand of consumer and commercial appliances. Frigidaire was founded as the Guardian Frigerator Company in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and developed the first self-contained refrigerator (invented by Nathaniel B. Wales and Alfred Mellowes) in 1916. The brand was so well known in the refrigeration field in the early 20th century that many Americans called any refrigerator, whatever its brand, a Frigidaire. The name Frigidaire or the earlier version, Frigerator, may be the actual origin of the slang term fridge.

From 1919 to 1979, the company was owned by General Motors. During that period, it was first a subsidiary of Delco-Light and was later an independent division, based in Dayton, Ohio. Frigidaire was sold to the White Sewing Machine Company 1979, which was in turn purchased by Electrolux, its current parent, in 1986.

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March 4th, 2016

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