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Freezer, Upright

Object number2022.7.3 a-h

Manufacturer Westinghouse Electric Corporation

Designer Peter Muller-Munk (1904 - 1967)

Designer Peter Muller-Munk Associates (1946 - 2007)

Date1953

OriginMansfield, OH

MediumEnameled steel; Aluminum; Polystyrene plastic; Electrical components; Rubber; Plastic; Paper; Ink; Graphite; Metal; Adhesive

Credit LineTransfer from Carnegie Museum of Art

DescriptionUpright freezer with removable Freez-File; internal components including solid shelf and two wire shelves; and three product booklets. Rectangular white enameled metal upright freezer with rounded top corners. Door opens on front with two hinges along the proper left side. Front of door has chrome metal horizontal pull handle above viewer's left center that is mounted atop horizontal gold and blue plastic design feature with dotted surface and Freez-File at the viewer's right end. Back has two black metal panels, one in bottom proper right corner with oval bump-out at center, and one along proper left side that is convex Interior of door is baby blue enameled steel with four rectangular recesses and a smaller trapezoidal recess at top center. Interior of freezer body has baby blue enameled steel perimeter with temperature control knob at top center. Interior of freezer body has four freezer sections; the top three have white and chrome pull-down doors and the bottom is a drawer; each section's front is white with metallic blue dimpled top section; each also has white and chrome/gold maker logo in the viewer's top left corner and blue text on each off-white handle. Inside second freezer section from top is a solid shelf and wire shelf and inside third freezer section from top is wire shelf. Three related booklets: "Westinghouse Home Freezer Guide," "Westinghouse Home Freezer Care and Use Guidebook," and "Westinghouse Home Freezer: Recipes, Care, Use."DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth (a): 65.25 x 32.625 x 29.5 in. (165.7 x 82.9 x 74.9 cm)
Weight (a): 343 lb. (155.6 kg)
Height x Width x Depth (b): 2.875 x 5.25 x 1 in. (7.3 x 13.3 x 2.5 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (c): 1.125 x 25 x 15.75 in. (2.9 x 63.5 x 40 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (d): 0.5 x 25 x 15.438 in. (1.3 x 63.5 x 39.2 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (e): 0.5 x 25 x 15.438 in. (1.3 x 63.5 x 39.2 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (f): 10.875 x 8.313 x 0.188 in. (27.6 x 21.1 x 0.5 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (g): 10.813 x 7.375 x 0.125 in. (27.5 x 18.7 x 0.3 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (h): 8.813 x 6 x 0.25 in. (22.4 x 15.2 x 0.6 cm)
Inscriptions(a)
Interior of freezer body has temperature knob at top center with chrome text around the perimeter "OFF [dot] [dot] NORMAL [dot] [dot] COLDEST".

Interior's top freezer door has blue text on the handle "QUICK FREEZE" and the bottom three freezer sections have blue text on each handle "FROZEN STORAGE".

(b)
Viewer's left side of cover has black printed text "LOCK / MEAT / VEGETABLES / FRUIT / FISH / POULTRY / DESSERTS / PASTRIES / MISC."

Interior pages have printed black text along top of each sheet, for example: "MEAT LOCKER DATE QUANTITY USED".

Some interior pages have handwritten graphite text recording freezer contents in columns with aforementioned printed headings, for example on the Fish sheet: "Shrimp 3 7/22/54 1 / Fish Sticks 3 1/6/55 2"; dates range from 1954-1955.

(f)
Interior pages have black and green text providing freezer information, instructions for freezing different types of foods, and recipes. Twenty-seven (27) numbered pages.

(g)
Back cover has black printed text including "Westinghouse Major Appliances: / Electric Ranges and Dishwashers / ... / Refrigerators and Freezers / ... / Washers and Dryers / ... / Air Conditioners, Humidifiers, and / Dehumidifiers / ... / Disposers and Water Heaters / ..."

Interior pages have black and orange printed text providing installation instructions, freezing guidelines, product information regarding care and warranty. Four (4) numbered pages.

(h)
Interior pages have black printed text providing instructions for freezer use and care, product information, and recipes. Seventy-two (72) numbered pages.
Marks(a)
Front of door has chrome/gold text above the handle: "WESTINGHOUSE" and chrome/gold text on front of Freez-File insertion compartment "FreezFile".

Front of door has chrome/gold text in the viewer's bottom right corner "Freezer".

Reverse has black and silver maker plate in the viewer's top left corner of the viewer's left black metal panel with text including "WESTINGHOUSE / PART Y-34007 REFRIGERATING UNIT / MODEL NUA12 SERIAL 9012305 / VOLTS CYCLES AMPS / ... / NP62346 / WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORPORATION MADE IN U.S.A."

Reverse has handwritten red text in the viewer's top right corner "UFG-120" above partial brown paper sticker label with red text "Refrigerant tub / side of this refri / to the front of the / must be taken that a / this refrigerator do / these tubes. / WEP-4165".

Interior of freezer body has white text at top "WESTINGHOUSE".

Each freezer section's door has chrome/gold Westinghouse logo in the viewer's top left corner.

Inside freezer body at viewer's back left center is rounded rectangular silver and white maker plate with silver text "SERIAL W-P 863795 / STYLE Q45176 / MODEL UFG120 / UNIT / MODEL / N UA-12 / WESTINGHOUSE ELEC. CORP. / MANSFIELD, OHIO MADE IN U.S.A."

(b)
Front has black printed text at viewer's right center "WESTINGHOUSE / Freez File".

Reverse of plastic backer has raised text "066328 [illegible logo/emblem] / 3".

(f)
Front cover has black and green printed text "[Westinghouse logo] / HOME / FREEZER / GUIDE / Foods to Freeze How to Freeze Them How to Use Them".

Back cover has black and green printed text at bottom "[Westinghouse logo] Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Refrigeration Division / 8HF-1004 Litho in U.S.A."

Inside front cover is black text "Copyright © 1968 by Westinghouse Electric Corporation".

(g)
Front cover has black printed text at top "Model Number / FU208R/FU091R/FU133R / FU182R/FU188R / Westinghouse Home Freezer / Care and Use Guidebook / [Westinghouse logo]".

Back cover has black printed text along the bottom "3HF-1001".

(h)
Front cover has white printed text in the viewer's bottom right corner "Westinghouse / Home Freezer / recipes...care...use".

Back cover has black printed text at center "YOU CAN BE SURE...IF IT'S Westinghouse" and along bottom edge "4HF-1001-A Printed in U.S.A."

Inside front cover has black text printed along bottom "Copyright 1954 Westinghouse Electric Corp. price 25¢".
Historical NotesWestinghouse Electric Corporation Freez-File upright freezer designed by Peter Muller-Munk Associates. Phil Wittenberg of New Castle, Pennsylvania purchased his home with this freezer in the basement. Acquired by the Carnegie Museum of Art and exhibited in their 2015 exhibit "Silver to Steel: The Modern Designs of Peter Muller-Munk."

Previous owner Phil Wittenberg

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