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    Posted 2 years ago

    JW_Mason
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    Our house had a ice box in the breakfast room. Apparently when refrigerators were readily available the icebox was converted to cupboards. We expanded the kitchen and eliminated the breakfast room.

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    1. keramikos, 2 years ago
      JW_Mason, Wow.

      I don't think I've ever seen one that protruded outward from an outside wall.

      Here's one that looked more like the conventional icebox, but it was built-in, because it had an outside access door for the ice delivery man:

      https://searshomes.org/index.php/2011/06/07/so-thats-what-that-little-door-is-for/

      Here's a very small built-in:

      https://www.brickunderground.com/blog/five_apartment_remnants_from_an_earlier_architectural_era

      Here's a concept that wasn't an icebox; it kept things just a bit colder than room temperature:

      https://restoringhistory.com/california-coolers/

      https://www.sfgate.com/local/editorspicks/article/what-is-california-cooler-pantry-in-wall-vent-sf-15848493.php

    2. keramikos, 2 years ago
      Whoops, I forgot one (looks like the backside might be on an enclosed porch):

      https://theoldhouselife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/marsh16.jpg

      https://theoldhouselife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/marsh17.jpg

      https://theoldhouselife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/marsh32.jpg

      https://theoldhouselife.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/marsh34.jpg



      https://theoldhouselife.com/2019/08/22/that-vintage-icebox-love-the-exterior-trim-circa-1897-in-michigan-239900/

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