A Legend Rare of Frigidaire
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a small advertisement pamphlet for Frigidaire. “A Legend Rare of Frigidaire” is a parody of Aladdin, in which he receives a refrigerator from a genie. However, the color drawings accompanying the poem portray a Chinese or generic ‘Oriental’ setting. The pamphlet was written in 1926 by Edith Lindeman Calisch for the Delco-Light company, owners of Frigidaire.
Dates
- Creation: 1926
Creator
- General Motors Corporation. Frigidaire Division (Organization)
- Calisch, Edith Lindeman, 1898-1984 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on accessing material in this collection.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright restrictions may apply. Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.
Biographical / Historical
At the time of the book’s publication in 1926, Frigidaire cold chests were manufactured by Delco-Light Company, a subsidiary of the General Motors Corporation. Frigidaire described itself as the “world’s largest builders of electric refrigerating equipment.”
Edith Lindeman Calisch was a writer whose father and husband both worked for a North Carolina business that distributed Frigidaire products in the 1920s. Born in Pennsylvania in 1898, she lived with her family in Dayton from 1908 to 1913, when the 1913 Flood prompted her father to move the family to Virginia. (Source: https://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/dvb/bio.php?b=Calisch_Edith_Lindeman)
Extent
0.1 linear feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection consists of a single promotional pamphlet produced by Delco/Frigidaire in 1926. The pamphlet contains a story-poem to describe a fictional story of Aladdin and his "cold chest" [i.e. refrigerator]. This pamphlet provides insight into the creative nature of some of Delco/Frigidaire's promotional material.
Arrangement
The collection consists of one book.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was donated to Special Collections and Archives, Wright State University Libraries, by Donna M. Hipps on February 17, 2012.
Subject
- General Motors Corporation. Frigidaire Division (Organization)
donor
- Hipps, Donna M. (Person)
- Title
- Guide to A Legend Rare of Frigidaire (SC-271)
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- 2021 July 26
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository
Wright State University Libraries
Special Collections and Archives
3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy
Dayton OH 45435-0001 USA
937-775-2092
library-archives@wright.edu
