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The black ice chest displayed at
http://www.whatevernot.com/design/fridges/black/index.html
has a %26#39;Simco%26#39; logo, denoting the Simpsons Company - a Canadian company.
Can anyone tell me the year, model and any other information (selling price, and
ideally a scan of the catalogue it came from)?
Hello,
Wow - this information is hard to find!
I was not able to get you the exact details you wanted. However, I believe I
did come close.
I found a picture of 2 similar ice boxes, from the 1948 Eaton%26#146;s Catalog. A
scanned image of the page out of the catalog can be found at:
http://sca.uwaterloo.ca/~fashion/catalog/e48-073.jpg
The picture shows two sizes of an ice box similar to yours. The ice goes into
a space at the top, like your model. While your ice box has two outer doors to
the separate compartments, the Eaton%26#39;s ice box has one outer door, with an
inner door that opens just the ice compartment. The two sizes shown in the
catalog are sold for $46.95 and $59.50 (including delivery). You may be able
to extrapolate basic information regarding your own model from this catalog.
A Robert Simpson Company, Ltd. catalog from 1922 can be found at the same site,
specifically at
http://sca.uwaterloo.ca/~fashion/catalogs.html
Unfortunately, there are no ice boxes in this catalog, not even in the pages
not yet scanned in.
I used the following terms to search: %26#147;ice box%26#148;, antique, Canada, %26#147;Robert
Simpson Company%26#148;, %26#147;Robert Simpson,%26#148; catalog, picture
If you have any other details about your ice box which might help me in
furthering my search, please %26#147;clarify%26#148; your question.
Enjoy your ice box. It looks like a very special find!
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