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title: "smithsonian:\n\nFriday plans include a cold beverage? Meet the beer fridge\nof 1899.It’s from a catalog of by L. H. Mace & Co. of New York,\nnow in our @smithsonianlibraries. Early refrigerators used insulation (with an\ninch between two sets of walls) and circulation to move cool air from the ice\nchamber throughout the space.Inside this refrigerator, there were places for kegs to rest\nand shelves in the lower part of the refrigerator could be removed, making it\npossible to chill two more kegs."
date: 2017-04-15 15:35:26 +00
tags: tumblr
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[smithsonian](http://smithsonian.tumblr.com/post/159573778152/friday-plans-include-a-cold-beverage-meet-the):

> Friday plans include a cold beverage? Meet the beer fridge of 1899.
> 
> It’s from a catalog of by L. H. Mace & Co. of New York, now in our [@smithsonianlibraries](https://www.tumblr.com/smithsonianlibrariesarchives). Early refrigerators used insulation (with an inch between two sets of walls) and circulation to move cool air from the ice chamber throughout the space.
> 
> Inside this refrigerator, there were places for kegs to rest and shelves in the lower part of the refrigerator could be removed, making it possible to chill two more kegs.

April 15th, 2017 8:35am