Talk:Icebox

message: I suggest a reference in this article to the earlier practice of cooling foodstuffs in streams.  I think these buildings were called coolinghouses, but I'm not sure.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 128.211.220.61 (talk • contribs) .
:I know them as spring houses, but I have not yet found a good reference about them. If someone has something on them, that would be great. Tom Harrison Talk 23:50, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I have that model of icebox - the same locks, the same hinges, even the same figuring on the top door. It's made of ash, though, not oak. Did they make the same model of icebox out of different woods, or is this misnamed? (I suspect so, because that doesn't look like oak to me - too orange.) --NellieBly (talk) 02:52, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: The second picture in the gallery

message: I'm pretty sure that the icebox's obsolescence does not mean the past tense should be used. Iceboxes are replaced, not extinct, so it should be present tense whenever discussing iceboxes in general. I could be wrong about that, though… \sim Lenoxus " * " 02:40, 6 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Use of past tense 

message: Substituted at 18:44, 29 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Assessment comment

message: I added to the 'Design' section a blurb crediting Thomas Moore to the invention of the Icebox in 1802. I also edited the section to be in the present tense. This was discussed previously in the talk page and I believe it is very fitting as Iceboxes still exist and should be discussed as such
Robert Hawkins05 (talk) 17:45, 8 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Credit and Past Tense 

message: I added to the opening statement to clarify the use of the word refrigerator and icebox both before and after the invention of the electric refrigerator. Btblomenkamp1 (talk) 18:20, 8 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Use of the word Icebox vs Refrigerator 

message: I added a sentence explaining how the invention of the commercial icesaw impacted the icebox market and usage. This also helps with giving more concrete dates. 
Reagan young1 (talk) 19:26, 8 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  The impact of ice commercialization 

message: I am adding a section about the origin of the icebox
Reagan young1 (talk) 23:19, 11 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adding section 

message: Moving the victorian photo into the design section as they are more related
Reagan young1 (talk) 23:26, 11 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Moving photo 

message: In the design section I'm adding more details about Thomas Moore and his initial design. Also adding more citations. \
Reagan young1 (talk) 23:30, 11 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Additional information on the inventor 

message: I am changing the Use section into an Impact section. I am doing so because the Use section does not really pertain much information about how ice boxes were used. I have already moved some of the unrelated information in the Use section into the Origin section.
Reagan young1 (talk) 23:37, 11 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Changing use section to impact 

message: Adding a section called Ice Collection and Distribution. It details the process of getting ice for iceboxes and how the ice industry impacted the icebox industry
Reagan young1 (talk) 00:53, 12 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adding a section about ice industry 

message: Adding in "History" to "Origin" subsection to distinguish from other sections
Dyck9 (talk) 01:18, 12 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adding to "Origin" section "History" 

message: Adding in more information about icebox manufacturing industry and innovation
Dyck9 (talk) 01:23, 12 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adding additional information to Origin/History section 

message: Adding in more information about icebox manufacturing industry brought upon air circulation. 
Dyck9 (talk) 01:26, 12 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adding in information about innovation from manufacturing industry 

message: I fixed some grammar, punctuation, and formatting errors. I also adding some keyword hyperlinks of related pages throughout the article. 
Reagan young1 (talk) 03:03, 19 April 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: Couldn't find another way to express this on the page - my bad I'm sure. There's a B&W photo dated as 1970. Surely this is 1907? 131.202.245.124 (talk) 15:29, 2 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Making edits for clarity 

message: I removed the paragraph about the reception of the icebox. I feel it was too short and didn't tell the reader much about the icebox or how people in general received it. I think we can add that same information back in again at a later date with some expansions. 
Reagan young1 (talk) 03:14, 19 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removal of Reception paragraph 

message: Thank you for your comments about the Reception section. I whole heartily agree. In this talk page article, I have attached a second draft of the Reception section. You can also find section on my talk page.
Thomas Moore invited Thomas Jefferson to view his new invention, which he titled "Refrigerator."https://www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/thomas-moore The Icebox was well received by Jefferson, and it is noted in his memorandum that he purchased one for himself.https://www.worldcat.org/title/jeffersons-memorandum-books-accounts-with-legal-records-and-miscellany-1767-1826/oclc/25629653 Ellen Coolidge, grand daughter of Thomas Jefferson, commented negatively about the effectiveness of the icebox in 1819. She commented that the icebox wasted ice, allowed butter to melt, and wine to be "above blood-heat.""Ellen W. Randolph (Coolidge) to Martha Jefferson Randolph, 24 Aug. 1819 | Jefferson Quotes & Family Letters" Refrigerators would later be added atop iceboxes in 1913http://tjrs.monticello.org/letter/828?_ga=2.234196638.1240632920.1554481454-1375427280.1552065921https://books.google.com/books?id=fCRpUZzT2hMC&pg=PA350#v=onepage&q&f=false but in 1914, Nathaniel B Wales would invent a self contained unit that would be known as the Kelvinator. Superior self contained refrigeration units would be mass produced in 1918 by the Frigidaire company for consumption.
Please feel free to add this to your own talk pages and make edits or additions as you see fit. Alternatively we can add it to the Impact and Legacy section.
Robert Hawkins05 (talk) 16:44, 19 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reception 

message: I reworded and moved some of the information around in the last section. All the same info is there but hopefully it flows a little better now. 
Reagan young1 (talk) 16:22, 26 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Changes to the flow of Impact and Legacy paragraph