Authentic oak ice box with patina brass hardware - $100

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Furniture makers and hardware foundries across the United States built domestic ice chests in large numbers during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. They were made to keep perishable foods cool in homes before electric refrigerators became common in everyday life. Workers joined solid oak or ash boards into sturdy cabinets, lining the interiors with galvanized metal and packing the walls with charcoal, cork, or mineral wool for insulation.

Families kept these cabinets in kitchens or back porches, placing a large block of ice in the top compartment every few days while food rested on shelves below. Meltwater drained through a small pipe underneath into a pan on the floor that had to be emptied by hand twice a day. These ice boxes vanished from daily use as electric refrigeration took over American kitchens during the nineteen-thirties and nineteen-forties.
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Furniture makers and hardware foundries across the United States built domestic ice chests in large numbers during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. They were made to keep...