A customer checks out the features of a Coldspot electric refrigerator at the Sears store in downtown Evansville in 1938. The model was popular because it was larger but less expensive than other brands, and during the Great Depression, affordability was important to most households. The local Sunbeam Electrical Manufacturing Company produced units for the refrigerator that Sears sold throughout the country for years. Sunbeam later merged with Seeger Refrigerators, which became Whirlpool in the 1950s;Â by 1977, the Sears Kenmore brand had replaced Coldspot.
FOOTNOTES: We want to thank Patricia Sides, Archivist of Willard Library for contributing this picture that shall increase people’s awareness and appreciation of Evansville’s rich history. If you have any historical pictures of Vanderburgh County or Evansville please contact please contact Patricia Sides, Archivist Willard Library at 812) 425-4309, ext. 114 or e-mail her at www.willard.lib.in.us.
