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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.
DOMELRE refrigerator advertisement from 1914 DOMELRE refrigerator c. 1914 ISKO advertisement from Good Housekeeping 1917. DOMELRE (an acronym of Domestic Electric Refrigerator) was one of the first domestic electrical refrigerators, invented by Frederick William Wolf Jr. (1879–1954) in 1913 and produced starting in 1914 by Wolf's Mechanical Refrigerator Company in Chicago.
1873 renamed to The Claflin Company. 1818 Breck's: Boston, Massachusetts (found.) Flowers [108] Acquired by Gardens Alive! 1818 Libbey Incorporated: Toledo, Ohio: Glassware Formerly Libbey Glass Company and New England Glass Company 1818 Brooks Brothers: New York City: The oldest apparel/clothing brand in continuous operation in the United ...
From ice boxes to space-saving marvels, here's how the refrigerator became the modern appliance we know and love.
The company is credited with several innovations, including introducing the first refrigerated display case for food retailers. In 1971, the company moved its headquarters to the Pan Am Expressway on San Antonio's Near East Side, once part of Fort Sam Houston. The San Antonio, TX production plant was shuttered on November 16, 2007, bringing an ...
In 1880 the Peninsular Car Company (subsequently purchased by ACF) delivered the first of these units to Swift, and the Swift Refrigerator Line (SRL) was created. Within a year, the Line's roster had risen to nearly 200 units, and Swift was transporting an average of 3,000 carcasses a week to Boston, Massachusetts .
In 1947, Amana manufactured the first upright freezer for the home, and in 1949 it added a side-by-side refrigerator. [4] In 1950 the company was sold to a group of investors, including its founder, and became Amana Refrigeration, Inc. [5] In 1954, it began making air conditioners. [6]
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