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1950s refrigerator advertisement.
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Previously:
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...081#post157333
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...990#post207131
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...718#post206146
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...296#post121746
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.
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!)