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Post# 1017085   12/6/2018 at 14:26 (1,939 days old) by twintubdexter (Palm Springs)        

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A vintage Crosley refrigerator with a built-in radio. Most people don't have $3,000 sitting around to spend on an old ice box, but I thought it may be of interest for just lookin...



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Post# 1017092 , Reply# 1   12/6/2018 at 15:01 (1,939 days old) by RP2813 (Sannazay)        
A Three Thousand Dollar Radio? Yeah, No.

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Rare and beautiful, but not $3K beautiful even if it ran perfectly.

 

I'll bet David (turbokinetic) could return this thing to running order in a matter of minutes.


Post# 1017094 , Reply# 2   12/6/2018 at 15:12 (1,939 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)        

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"The refrigerator needs some kind of switch."

Don't they all......


Post# 1017111 , Reply# 3   12/6/2018 at 17:00 (1,939 days old) by turquoisedude (.)        

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Oh, that's different for sure! Didn't Westinghouse make a radio that was meant to sit on top of their refrigerators in the mid or late 30s too?

Post# 1017116 , Reply# 4   12/6/2018 at 17:27 (1,939 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)        
I didn't last very long

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But in its heyday radio was *BIG*! Can see why Crosley and others back in the 1930's would rush to add one to all sorts of appliances.

It all seems rather dull to us today, and indeed probably has for decades, but when radio burst upon the scene it was *the* new media. Personal and corporate fortunes were made, not to mention all sorts of fame.

Sadly the golden age of radio really only lasted about twenty years (1920's through 1940's). By the post war era television was about and fast gaining traction.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Age...


Post# 1017118 , Reply# 5   12/6/2018 at 18:02 (1,939 days old) by Lorainfurniture (Cleveland )        

Just needs some freezon

Post# 1017124 , Reply# 6   12/6/2018 at 18:54 (1,939 days old) by twintubdexter (Palm Springs)        

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I just looked at the photos and the price. I didn't read the contents of the ad, probably the best thing to do in this case. Radio was a huge thing when it became available. Everyone was talking about it...unless you worked at the Victor Talking Machine Company. They forbid it's discussion and would dismiss employees just for talking about it. It's true, yet years later they merged with Radio Corporation of America to become RCA Victor.

 

I've mentioned this before, but as a kid at the appliance store, there was a very cool old guy named Percy. At one time he was the chauffeur for the Spreckles family (sugar) in old San Francisco. Percy's job was to test all the console color TV's before they went out on delivery. There was a high failure rate. He loved to talk about radio and television. He said that there was a garage where the chauffeurs of San Francisco's wealthy would gather. One of the topics they enjoyed talking about was radio. Some of them heard that "they" were working on sending pictures through the air,  but no one thought that was possible. I had an interesting childhood filled with interesting people. 

 


Post# 1017146 , Reply# 7   12/7/2018 at 01:13 (1,939 days old) by RP2813 (Sannazay)        

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Everything old is new again. 

 

Aren't the Koreans the ones who are putting touch screens on the doors and providing cameras so you can view the fridge contents, etc., etc.?  This whole "internet of things" thing is the modern day version of a radio built into your refrigerator.   I might consider buying into it if they can make a fridge that actually prepares dinner.  Until then, I'm fine with opening the door instead of barking orders and/or poking at an inanimate object.


Post# 1017148 , Reply# 8   12/7/2018 at 01:24 (1,939 days old) by lowefficiency (Iowa)        

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Post# 1017203 , Reply# 9   12/7/2018 at 13:10 (1,938 days old) by gregingotham (New York)        
A smart 1-18

in this vein, imagine if Frigidaire still built 1-18s and made them "smart". You could control the machine from your phone, so you could shut them off in order to have conversations, etc LOL

Post# 1017242 , Reply# 10   12/7/2018 at 15:05 (1,938 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)        

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Post# 1017267 , Reply# 11   12/7/2018 at 19:06 (1,938 days old) by RP2813 (Sannazay)        

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How did Frigidaire get away with blatant theft of the Victor (RCA) trademark?  Was it because GM was bigger than RCA?

 

That's not to say I don't love it, though!  This pooch knows you'll never find food inside a phonograph.  At least I don't think so.


Post# 1017270 , Reply# 12   12/7/2018 at 19:43 (1,938 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI)        
An old Frigidaire trying to have that one new trick!

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Obvious someone knew where to draw the line when the quality didn't match up with such state of the art...

One of your car's quarter panels might be what was once a part of this fridge...



-- Dave



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