General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

QUARTER SAWN OAK EXTERIOR/ ZINC PLATED? SHEET METAL INTERIOR & ICE CHAMBER RACK/ METAL WIRE MESH SHELVES/ BRASS HINGES & DOOR LATCHES

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

82.0 cm

Width

56.0 cm

Height

122.0 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

SANDERSON

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Paris

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

BOUGHT ABOUT 1913

Canada

Unknown

Function

FOOD PRESERVATION

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

MFR'S PLATE READS: 'ROYAL OAK/ SANDERSON HAROLD CO./ LIMITED/ PARIS- CANADA'/ 'XIX' STAMPED ON EDGE OF ONE DOOR & CORRESPONDING DOOR FRAME/ PAPER LABEL ON INSIDE OF ICE CHAMBER DOOR READS: ‘How to Get the Best Results/ From Your Refrigerator/ The Refrigerator should be placed/ in a dry, well ventilated place and not/ in a cellar, if avoidable/ Kee[p] [?] Compartment well/ filled [?]. A meagre supply will/ produce [?] circulation, and results/ will not be pleasing. The Ice Chamber/ should be used exclusively for Ice./ The [?] [sh]ould be cleaned once a/ week [?] [?]ill save cleaning often/ if you [?] Ice is clean whe[n] [?]/ put in [?] Refrigerator./ A new Refrigerator should st[?]/ hours with ice in it, doors open, be[fore]/ using./ Put all provisions emitting strong/ odors on the upper shelves./ To economize in Ice, do not ope[n]/ [the] Refrigerator oftener than neces-/ sary, and see that do[or]s are alwa[ys]/ tightly closed./ Should you not have use for [the]/ Refrigerator during winter, all the [?]/ [?] taken out and clean w[ith]/ [?].' / STICKER AT TOP FRONT CORNER READS: 'THE HYDRO/ HISTORICAL/ ELECTRICAL/ COLLECTION'.

Missing

3 CASTOR WHEELS From CA of 07/21/1994 by Tony Missio: No - Complete

Finish

EXTERIOR OAK WITH GLOSS URETHANE? OVER ORIGINAL STAINED/VARNISHED? FINISH/ ICE CHAMBER INTERIOR METAL UNFINISHED/ FOOD COMPARTMENTINTERIOR METAL PAINTED CREAM COLOUR/ HINGES & DOOR LATCHES BRASS UNFINISHED

Decoration

RAISED BEVELLED PANELS ON FRONT/ RECESSED PANELS ON ENDS/MOLDING AROUND TOP & AT BOTTOM FRONT/ CURVED EDGE ON SKIRT AT BOTTOM FRONT/ BUCKLE SHAPED DOOR HANDLE/ RAISED DOTS ON EDGES OF HINGES & DOOR LATCH