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Hi everybody,
This is a Gibson's One Piece Porcelain Ice Box.
I just bought a this Gibson Ice box to do a restoration on it and
need a hinge for it.
So far its coming along, still have a few tweeks and touch ups to finish before adding the doors.
But so far its coming out ok.
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My Ice Box finally finished.
Nice! I love these things.. and it makes me cringe when I see such great old wood painted. You did a great job on it. Mine belonged to my grandparents and serves as my linen closet. *LOL*
This is one Beautiful ice box!!!
I appreciate all the complements, it took me allot of hours to make this a great piece of history.