Janet Bostwick wrote:
> On Mon, 04 Feb 2013 07:03:41 -0800, sf > wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 04 Feb 2013 07:51:12 -0700, Janet Bostwick
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, 03 Feb 2013 16:51:12 -0600, Tara >
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> http://www.listsofnote.com/2012/03/l...l-of-fare.html
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Ice-water—not prepared in the ineffectual goblet, but in the sincere
>>>> and capable refrigerator.
>>> refrigerator?
>> AKA: ice box?
> if the article was written then, the vernacular would be ice box.
> Don't know for sure, but I don't think the word refrigerator was
> around in the 1880s.
> Janet US


White Mountain made a refrigerator (called that, and looking like
what we generally call "ice boxes") in the late 1800s.
Unfortunately, the trade card that I saw was undated.

From the trade card:

White Mountain Refrigerators
Maine Manufacturing Co. [actually in Nashua, NH]
"The chest with the chill in it."
Largest refrigerator factory in the world.

I saved this information because I did a double-take when I saw
that word. I usually associate the name "White Mountain" with ice
cream makers. Hmmm. Looking in my trade card files a bit more, I
see another mechanical trade card that uses both terms: ice box
and refrigerator.

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