An advertisement for a Frigidaire refrigerator from the mid-1950s. While such appliances are taken for granted today, in 1959 only 54% of New Zealand dwellings had the sole or shared use of a refrigerator.
Alexander Turnbull Library Reference: Eph-A-HOUSEHOLD-1955-01 Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.
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'Fridge advert from the 1950s', URL: https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/photo/fridge-advert-1950s, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 15-Jul-2013
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