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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.
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 ...
From ice boxes to space-saving marvels, here's how the refrigerator became the modern appliance we know and love. Skip to main content. Subscriptions; Animals. Business. Fitness. Food. Games ...
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]
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 ...
In 1916, he founded the Guardian Frigerator Company in partnership with J. W. Murray whose business would manufacture the "frigerators" in Detroit. [2] [3] The business was unsuccessful initially as the rate of production was low. [3] William C. Durant inspected the production line and advised Murray to buy out the business. [3]
Kelvinator ad from 1920 Kelvinator refrigerator, c. 1926. The enterprise was established on September 18, 1914, in Detroit, Michigan, United States, by engineer Nathaniel B. Wales, who introduced his idea for a practical electric refrigeration unit for the home to Edmund Copeland and Arnold Goss.