1960s Consumers Wanted to Be Cool Barbara A. Checket-Hanks April 25, 2001 No Comments People knew how uncomfortable they were before air conditioning and that’s what drove the a/c market when unit price came down.Read More
Competition Heats Up in the 1960s Barbara A. Checket-Hanks April 25, 2001 No Comments The 1960s seemed to present a great deal more union strike activity than today.Read More
The 1960s: Heat Pumps, A/C Blast Off Barbara A. Checket-Hanks April 25, 2001 No Comments The 1960s brought sweeping changes to the U.S. politically, socially, technologically, and culturally.Read More
Still Cooling After All These Years April 24, 2001 No Comments The search conducted to locate the oldest still-functioning Frigidaire refrigerator on the continent finds a winner.Read More
1930s Bring A/C Into the Mainstream John R. Hall April 24, 2001 No Comments The News chronicles a/c's progression in the early 1930's.Read More
Cooling Takes Off in the Roaring Twenties April 24, 2001 No Comments Size and maintenance of early residential refrigerators impacted manufacturers’ abilities to making them "idiot proof."Read More
The 1940s: Industry Pulls Together to Help Win World War II Peter Powell April 24, 2001 One Comment The war was the great motivator to learn the trade.Read More
1920s Commentary: The More Things Change… April 24, 2001 No Comments Although technological, scientific, and mechanical changes have impacted the hvacr industry over the last 3/4 of a century, the business aspect of the trade hasn't changed much.Read More
Refrigerator Designs of the 1930s and 40s April 24, 2001 2 Comments With refrigerator sales booming, designers embraced the experimental bonanza, with no holds barred innovations.Read More
The 1950s: Industry Retools in the Postwar Period Paula Liegl April 24, 2001 No Comments TV dinners make their debut as the flourishing postwar economy makes refrigerators a must-have for every American home.Read More