| EXTREMELY RARE ANTIQUE _LAWCO_ WINDOW REFRIGERATOR ICE BOX |
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| 1sobakadaddy member since 14-apr-2012 |
|  Plainfield, Indiana, USA | |
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 | This POSTING features a very unusual find.
It is an extremely rare antique Lawco window refrigerator ice box.
SIR,
We found only one of your "LAWCO" WINDOW REFRIGERATOR ICE BOX that sold in 2003, and it is an extremely very rare piece to have or to own.
As you will see, the one that sold was for a very good price even though it was slight rusted and had 2 holes in it when sold at auction.
The photos of yours shows us well that yours is probably the only one left that is in almost 'perfect' condition and is a very very easy unit to restore and put back in the 'original condition' when it sold "As new" shortly after the "Civil War" and up to 1907 or before.
Yours is probably prior to the 1900'S; based on the design on the door and the information you also supplied with the photos.
YOU WILL PLEASE NOTE; THAT IN THE MOVIE "THE 7 LITTLE FOYS" WITH HOLLYWOOD STAR 'BOB HOPE'; THAT IN THE SCENE WHERE HE GOES TO PLACE THE BOTTLE OF MILK IN THE BOX IN THE WINDOW; THAT "THIS IS A 'LAWCO' WINDOW REFRIGERATOR THAT MR. HOPE PLACES THE MILK IN THAT IS "EXACTLY" AS THE ONE YOU HAVE NOW.
The F.H. Lawson Company of Cincinnati started business in 1816, mostly making galvanized iron trash cans and garbage pails. Shortly after the Civil War, these window ice boxes came into being; being made as a 'Custom Order Only' from this company.
No other Company in America at that time was making a "Window Refrigerator" as these were "an exclusive product of F.H. Lawson" from after the Civil War until the early 1900's.
They were mounted in the window much like we mount window unit air conditioners.
A catalog dated 1917 lists these under Specialty & Miscellaneous with the following description:
"Rests on outside the window sill with 2 wires securely fastening it to the window frame.
Furnished with or without swinging hinge. When open the door rests on the inside of the window sill, making a wide, steady shelf." This model measures 23" X 15" X 12" and has shelf rests on the inside sides, but It HAS no shelf. It has a turn latch to secure the door. Metal in very good condition, with no holes and very little rust. | |
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