1950s refrigerator advertisement - GIF

[Altair]

1950s refrigerator advertisement.




Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...081#post157333
1980s personal computer ad - photo
1970s hard disk drive advertisement - photo
Tricks for filming food for advertisements - GIF

[Jon]

I am skeptical of the real-world utility of some of those features, but intrigued by others. It presents a stark contrast with modern day design strategy of home appliances.

More broadly, it's a great example of nostalgia for peak American manufacturing culture.

[CharlesWaugh]

Slide-out shelves - why are they not standard now?
Though it should be a full-extension slide.

I like the veggie thing - it keeps things visible (not buried in a drawer where one eventually finds a mud-filled sack that was once a cucumber.

The ice 'stripper' is a great idea - though would be a nuisance on my fridge which is freezer-under (where a freezer belongs, by the way!)