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Ice Box

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Marianne Snygg, GRI, ABR, ASP
Broker Associate
Herman Group Real Estate

Colorado Springs and Monument Real Estate

Posted by Marianne Snygg, ABR, ASP, GRI on 11/01/2009 11:23 AM

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9 Comments on Speechless Sunday - Ice Box

NOV

Wow! I used to have one of these! Took me a month to refinish it!

Debi

NOV

I don't think I have ever actually seen one!

Debi: That one's completely original! It was in the boyhood home of Lyndon Johnson, in Johnson City, Tx.

Patricia: I grew up hearing my grandmother call a refrigerator an ice box. And I sometimes I, to this day, refer to a refrigerator as an ice box. You should see my grandchildren's confusion when I do!

Was this picture actually taken from LBJ's restored boyhood home? I'm looking at the picture and it seems odd that the ice box is next to a bed?? Then I look at the floor plan of the restored home and see there is a sleeping porch right off the kitchen. Coincidence? Or did I connect the dots correctly??

NOV

Ruth: You connected the dots! The ice box was on the sleeping porch. Just outside the kitchen.

Wow you don't see those very often!

Debra: I can't imagine having to use it! Aren't we lucky? And then in 100 years folks will wonder how on Earth we managed without the technology THEY use. LOL

NOV

Marianne,

This is just a great slice of Americana - the device that gave it's name to the refrigrator - still known by many as the "icebox." :)

Steve

NOV

Hey Steve, it's especially known as an "ice box" around this house. I think I picked it up from my parents.

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