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Refrigerator

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Collection Type

  • Cooking equipment

Date

1905-1920

GUSN

GUSN-21320

Description

Grain painted 4-door refrigerator; rectangular w/ 4 turned legs w/ wheels; doors on front arranged 2 over 2 w/ all doors facing center; brass keyhole locks on all doors w/ horseshoe shaped handles beneath locks.

Details

Descriptive Terms

refrigerators
cookware
graining
wood (plant material)
Refrigerator
Painted
Refrigerator

Inscription

Printed label inside top right door: ""MANUFACTURED BY/ D. EDDY & SONS CO./ BOSTON, MASS., U.S.A./ ESTABLISHED 1841.""/ ""REGISTERED OCT. 3. 1905.""

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

Maker

D. Eddy & Sons Co. (Maker)

Location of Origin

Boston, MA, USA

Dimensions

54 x 43.5 x 24.25 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.4599

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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