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Speechless Sunday - Ice Box

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Ice Box

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

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Colorado Springs and Monument Real Estate

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Debi Boucher
Real Estate Showcase Photography - Woodland Park, CO
"Realtor Showcase" - Real Estate Photography/Virtual Tours

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

Debi

Nov 01, 2009 11:37 AM
Patricia Beck
RE/MAX Properties, Inc., ABR, GRI, SRES - Colorado Springs, CO
Colorado Springs Realty

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

Nov 01, 2009 05:05 PM
Marianne Snygg
ERA Herman Group Real Estate - Monument, CO
ABR, ASP, GRI, SFR

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!

Nov 02, 2009 12:33 PM
Ruth Vogt
Fairway Independent Mortgage, LLS. Equal Housing Opportunity. Regulated by the Division of Real Estate. - Colorado Springs, CO
719-592-0855 www.ReverseLoansInColorado.com

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 02, 2009 02:38 PM
Marianne Snygg
ERA Herman Group Real Estate - Monument, CO
ABR, ASP, GRI, SFR

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

Nov 03, 2009 04:08 PM
Debbie Walsh
SHAHAR Management - Middletown, NY
Hudson Valley NY Real Estate 845.283-3036

Wow you don't see those very often!

 

Nov 04, 2009 12:07 PM
Marianne Snygg
ERA Herman Group Real Estate - Monument, CO
ABR, ASP, GRI, SFR

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 04, 2009 12:36 PM
Steve Hoffacker
Steve Hoffacker LLC - West Palm Beach, FL
Certified Aging In Place Specialist-Instructor

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 05, 2009 02:42 PM
Marianne Snygg
ERA Herman Group Real Estate - Monument, CO
ABR, ASP, GRI, SFR

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

Nov 06, 2009 05:46 AM