The Iceman Goeth Away: GE Monitor Tops

by | May 14, 2012 | Uncategorized | 2 comments

When GE introduced their Monitor Top refrigerator in 1927, it quickly became one of their most popular appliances. Sixteen years earlier, GE had introduced the first residential refrigerator in the American market. Invented by French monk, Abbé Marcel Audiffren, this...

GE Monitor Top Refrigerators

by | Aug 2, 2010 | Uncategorized | 0 comments

In the 1930s, The “Monitor-top Refrigerator” quickly became one of General Electric’s most popular appliances. Its design was based on a sound principle and a highly efficient plan: The compressor sat atop the fridge, and heat extracted from the...