Old Ice Box
 

I know this isnt a tractor but this is stumping me. I have had this old Ward Icebox for awhile and i do not know anything about it. I googled it and i thought i would come to my good friends at OCC and see what they knew bout it>:bigthink:

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First off is it a refrigerator or an ice box?
I’m guessing a refrigerator, and visually it appears made in the ‘30’s
If it is a “frig” look to see if there are any markings on the compressor or model ## under the unit.
If it is an ice box, I have no clue as most of them were replaced when I was young, as electricity became available.

I think the Ward is part of Montgomery Ward? which was in partner ship with sears and reobuck. :bigthink: Nice piece anyway!

As I remember it:
Ah, no, Sears & Robuck was a deadly competor to Montgomery Ward.
The only posibility was a "supplier" possibly built for the both of them.
(and that did happen quite often)
The "ward" badge does not appear to look like the Montgomery Ward logo per say.
( could be wrong there)
In them days Montgomery Ward as well as Sears Robuck most always displayed both their names on their products or had a line name like "Homart" or "Signature" or "Hotpoint" "JC Higgins"
"Western field"etc.etc.
In later years Montgomery Ward tended to go with the single name "Ward"
As a lot of folks refered to them as "monkies" or monkie/wards
Sears Robuck did the same thing going with Sears.

Those were the good old days, the air was dirty, sex was clean
and the war was over.
Everybody had a job and gasoline was 5 gallons for a dollar!

Montgomery Wards appliance label was "Signature".

yes its an ice box.

They make great 'smokers' if your into that?



Nik,