Icebox
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- OBJECT TYPE
- NON-MECHANICAL
- DATE
- 1917
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.0818.001
- MANUFACTURER
- RENFREW REFRIGERATOR CO. LTD.
- MODEL
- BARNET
- LOCATION
- Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- QUARTER SAWN OAK EXTERIOR/ ZINC? PLATED SHEET METAL ICE CHAMBER INTERIOR/ ENAMELLED METAL FOOD COMPARTMENT INTERIOR/ METAL WIRE SHELVES & RACK & BRACKETS/ BRASS DOOR HINGES & LATCHES
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 86.5 cm
- Width
- 54.2 cm
- Height
- 104.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Domestic Technology
- Category
- Food processing
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- RENFREW
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Renfrew
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
Unknown - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- DECAL AT TOP FRONT READS: 'HYGIENIC [SYSTEM?] BARNET PATENTED 1907 9/ MFD. BY RENFREW REFRIGERATOR CO. LIMITED/ RENFREW, CANADA'/ PAPER TAG STAPLED TO BACK READS: 'FROM/ RENFREW REFRIGERATOR COMPANY, LIMITED/ MANUFACTURERS OF/ BARNET AND RENFREW REFRIGERATORS/ AND KITCHEN CABINETS/ To [FAIRLY ILLEGIBLE HANDWRITTEN NAME & ADDRESS]'/ '38' HANDWRITTEN AT TOP CORNER ON BACK/ PAPER ON INSIDE OF ICE COMPARTMENT DOOR READS: ‘BARNET REFRIGERATOR/ DIRECTIONS/ 1. Fill the ICE CHAMBER at least twenty-four hours before/ using the Refrigerator. Keep it well filled with Ice at all times/ to ensure perfect Circulation and ECONOMY of ice./ 2. Be sure to keep the drain pipe covered with the little cap./ Remove it only when cleaning the Refrigerator. If water/ [s]hould stand in the trough it is because the Cap is CLOGGED/ [b]y saw[dust] or dir[t] from the Ice. Remove Cap and CLEAN/ at once and replace cap./ 3. Always place your delicacies, such as Cream, Butter and Milk, etc., on the BOTTOM SHELVES. Remember [?]/ rent of air moves upwards and is drawn through the/ in the Ice Chamber, the Gases passing out through the [?]./ 4. Never put anyth[ing] in the Ice Chamber but Ice, so as not to/ retard the [?]on./ 5. [?] CLEANING the provision chamber do not use GRITTY/ soap; use a Sponge or Soft Cloth and warm water./ 6. In cases the ICE should [illegible]/ 7. If refrigerator is to be dispensed with during the Winter/ months, take out the ice and CLEAN thoroughly before putting/ away./ 8. DO NOT PUT or spread PAPER ON THE SHELVES, it pre-/ vents CIRCULATION./ 9. As this refrigerator is made of KILN DRIED WOOD it [is]/ advisable to KEEP same in a DRY PLACE away from/ MOISTURE OR DAMPNESS./ RENFREW REFRIGERATOR COMPANY, LIMI[TED] RENFREW, ONTARIO, CANADA/ KEEP FULL OF ICE/ IMPORTANT - - - Keep Drain Pipe Cap in Position.'
- Missing
- MELTWATER PAN From CA of 08/09/1994 by Tony Missio: No - Complete
- Finish
- EXTERIOR OAK WITH RE-VARNISHED/URETHANED FINISH/ ICE CHAMBER INTERIOR METAL WITH UNFINISHED ZINC? FINISH/ FOOD COMPARTMENT INTERIOR METAL WITH WHITE ENAMELLED FINISH/ SHELVES, RACK & BRACKETS METAL UNFINISHED/ DOOR HINGES & LATCHESBRASS UNFINISHED/ RED, GOLD, YELLOW & BLACK DECAL
- Decoration
- RECESSED PANELS ON SIDES & FRONT/ CURVED 'SKIRT' AT BOTTOM FRONT
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RENFREW REFRIGERATOR CO. LTD., Icebox, circa 1917, Artifact no. 1992.0818, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.0818.001/
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