"What should a good refrigerator do?"



"This refrigerator is unusually quiet. It is economical. Your electric bills will tell you this. It needs no attention - not even oiling. All its moving parts are enclosed in one hermetically sealed casing."

General Electric Refrigerator ad, 1927.

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