I've tried Corbis and Google Images, but I can't find a suitable
high-res image of a stereotypical 1950s refrigerator. Can you help? It
doesn't matter if it's free or licensed (royalty free only). Thanks
for your help.

Good Day jboyden-ga,


I have found some material which should be just what you are looking
for. It is a link to an appliance antique store, their refrigerator
inventory to be more specific. Just click on a link and you will see
the listed refrigerator. The refrigerators listed have been made in
the periods from 1928, to 1957.

At a quick glance, if you are looking just for 1950s refrigerators,
the link I am providing will give you access to pictures of:

- One 1952 Hotpoint refrigerator
- Two different 1953 Westinghouse refrigerators
- One 1953 General Electric refrigerator
- One 1953 Philco refrigerator
- One 1954 General Electric refrigerator
- One 1954 Norge refrigerator
- One 1957 General Electric refrigerator

Source: AntiqueAppliences.com
URL: http://www.antiqueappliances.com/stock.htm

Some of these look more typical than others, while a couple look quite
fancy. If this is not what you are looking for, please give me more
specifics on the required picture, and I will see what else I can
find. You also may be able to find more images using the following
search strategy:

Search strategy: Google search for "antique appliances"

Thank you for your question.

Regards,
slawek-ga

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Request for Answer Clarification by jboyden-ga on 26 Nov 2002 12:24 PST

Thanks for the reply. What I'm actually looking for a high-res
professional-looking image I can use for a presentation, not a low-res
snapshot. And it needs to be something I can use legally (either
through a royalty-free licensing agreement or because the image is
part of the public domain). The appliance itself should be clean and
in good shape, lit professionally, and with the door closed.

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Clarification of Answer by slawek-ga on 26 Nov 2002 16:40 PST

Good Day jboyden-ga,


Sorry you didn't find what you were looking for in my original answer.
When you said hi-resolution, I interpreted that as "not clipart".

I have searched the net for about two hours now, and had limited
success finding something more suitable. I have found one image which
I enlarged a few hundred percent using bipolar pixalization for better
results, and I touched it up a bit to make it look as best as
possible.

The original image came from http://www.elmirastoveworks.com/ , a
company which designs 1950s looking appliances. Apparently the retro
look is coming back, and they have dedicated a whole line of
appliances to that era.

The modified image which is much larger can be found at
http://www.bytechcanada.net/fridge/

A JPG image is available, and a TIFF as well. I hope this is very
close to what you are looking for, as I can not seem to find anything
better with the additional specifications you provided.

Please let me know if there is anything else I can do for you. I can
enlarge the image a little more, but the quality of the image will
obviously suffer the larger the image is. Although I can touch it up
here and there after enlarging, there is only so much I can do. :(

Regards,
slawek-ga

Thanks for your hard work. Unfortunately, since this photo is the
intellectual property of the manufacturer, I can't snatch it from
their site and legally use it (I was looking for a photo I could
license legally from a stock photo company such as Corbis.). It's also
not hi-res. My search continues. Anyway, thanks for your work on this.

If only I was still living with my grandma, I could simply take a
picture. The refrigerator that she currently uses is probably just
about the right age.