''Oldest Fridge Hunt'' Marks 85th Anniversary of the Household Refrigerator.Business Editors NOTE TO MEDIA: Photo available on BWPhotoWire/AP PhotoExpress, NewsCom, PressLink and on Business Wire's website at www.businesswire.com AUGUSTA, Ga.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 7, 2000 Celebrating the 85th anniversary of the modern household refrigerator, Frigidaire is launching a search for its oldest operating refrigerator in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and Canada, called the "Oldest Frigidaire Refrigerator Hunt." It was back in 1915 when inventor Alfred Mellowes invented the first self-contained electric refrigerator for the home in Fort Wayne Fort Wayne, city (1990 pop. 173,072), seat of Allen co., NE Ind., where the St. Joseph and St. Marys rivers join to form the Maumee River; inc. 1840. It is the second largest city in the state, a major railroad and shipping point, a wholesale and distribution hub, , Ind. He called it the Guardian Frigerator, which became the predecessor to the world-famous Frigidaire refrigerator brand. Production of the Guardian began in 1916. Frigidaire was created in 1918 when W.C. Durant, president of General Motors Corporation purchased Guardian and put the innovative product into volume production in Detroit, Michigan “Detroit” redirects here. For other uses, see Detroit (disambiguation). Detroit (IPA: [dɪˈtʰɹɔɪt]) (French: Détroit, meaning strait . Manufacturing was subsequently moved to Dayton, Ohio Dayton is a city in southwestern Ohio, United States. It is the county seat and largest city of Montgomery County. As of the 2005 census estimate, the population of Dayton was 158,873. in 1921. (One early model sits in the Historical Society Museum in the Dayton suburb of Kettering, Ohio Kettering is a city in Greene and Montgomery Counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. It is a suburb of nearby Dayton. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 57,502. The city incorporated in 1955 from the former Van Buren Township and is named for inventor Charles F. .) Since that time millions upon millions of Frigidaire refrigerators have enhanced the lives of families for generations all around the world. How things have changed! The original Guardian model had a heavy wood cabinet and had only about 6 cubic feet of capacity. Compare that to today's Frigidaire refrigerator that requires no defrosting, serves filtered water and ice through the door and holds 26 cubic feet of food. Frigidaire has even shown a prototype "Screen fridge" refrigerator with a built in computer with Internet access See how to access the Internet. for in-home grocery shopping and household management functions. This modern marvel changed the lives of people around the world and allowed many of the lifestyle freedoms and conveniences we enjoy today. "The Oldest Frigidaire Refrigerator Hunt" is an exciting event that commemorates the contributions and leadership of Frigidaire refrigerators over the year," said Jay Penney, Frigidaire's vice president of sales and marketing. "It also marks the coming introduction of a new generation of high performance, energy-efficient refrigerators that will reduce energy usage by more than 30 percent." To honor the 85th anniversary, Frigidaire will award the owner of the oldest operating Frigidaire refrigerator in the U.S. and Canada a complete kitchen of new Frigidaire appliances. The prize includes the winner's choice of any of its new 2001 "Next Generation" refrigerators plus an electric or gas range or cook top/wall oven, a dishwasher and a microwave oven. Ten additional winners, who have the two oldest operating Frigidaire refrigerators in each of Frigidaire's 4 sales regions and in Canada, will receive a new "Next Generation" Frigidaire refrigerator. Contestants may obtain entry forms from participating Frigidaire appliance retailers. They are also available from 1/800-Frigidaire, or by fax at 440/572-0815. Entrants must specify the model, serial number and age and send it in with a non-returnable photograph to "Oldest Frigidaire Refrigerator Contest Headquarters, 20770 Westwood Road, Strongsville, Ohio Strongsville is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. The population was 43,858 as of the 2000 Census. The current mayor, Thomas Perciak, was elected in November 2003 following the death of longtime mayor Walter F. Ehrnfelt in May. 44136. Only operating Frigidaire brand refrigerators are eligible. Entries must be received by December 15, 2000. Based in Augusta, Ga., Frigidaire is the leading brand from Electrolux Home Products North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , maker of major appliances A major appliance is usually defined as a large machine which accomplishes some routine housekeeping task, which includes purposes such as cooking, food preservation, or cleaning, whether in a household, institutional, commercial or industrial setting. and lawn and garden products for the home. Other company brand names include Tappan, White Westinghouse, Gibson, Kelvinator, Poulan and Weed Eater
The Weed Eater company was founded in 1972 by George Ballas in Houston, Texas. . Additional information is available at these web sites: www. frigidaire.com, www.weedeater.com and www.poulan.com. Electrolux Home Products North America is a subsidiary of The Electrolux Group, the world's No.1 choice of kitchen, cleaning and outdoor appliances. To the media: Scanned photos of historic Frigidaire models including the original Guardian Frigerator are available on request via disc or jpeg file. Note: A photo is available at URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. : http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/photo.cgi?pw.090700/bw4 |
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