1950's Air Conditioning

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In the early 50s we lived in an apartment building (2 floors!). Our refrigerator was fairly small and the mechanical parts were located in the basement connected by copper tubes. The freezer compartment was barely big enough for 2 ice-cube trays. It was replaced in the late 50s with a self-contained unit. The house across the street still had an ice-box. My mother always referred to the refrigerator as an "ice-box".
Ice was still delivered on a horse-drawn wagon. I think the ice and lumber companies were linked and used the same horse and wagon.