Antique Wood Ice Box – Smaller Size – Gibson Refrigerator – 31 width – original finish

Antique original small size refrigerator original finish. This refrigerator measures 31″ wide by 18″ deep and 44″ high. This three door refrigerator has the wire shelving and is ready to be used and enjoyed in your home. Made by Gibson Refrigerators in Greenville, Michigan.From the Gibson website:” Gibson began in 1877 as two separate companies. Joshua Hall, a New England icebox maker,moved to Belding, Michigan, and founded the Belding-Hall Company.He was attracted to the area because of the outstanding cabinet making skills of the Danish craftsmenwho had settled there and because of the plentiful supply of ash and other hardwoods.”In that same year in nearby Greenville, Michigan,Frank Gibson and John Lewis also began manufacturing iceboxes, which they called ‘ice refrigerators.’The two companies developed separately until 1908 whenFrank Gibson bought the Belding-Hall Company.The merger created the largest manufacturer in the industry at the timeand a major supplier of cabinets for the first electric refrigerators.