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Any child of the 1940s or 1950s can remember the days their moms defrosted the freezer.

“Only Westinghouse Frost-Free Dares To Offer You A 30-Day Money-Back Guarantee,” said an advertisement on Page 15 in The Canton Repository on Sept. 12, 1951. “We’re so dead sure you’ll agree that Westinghouse Frost-Free is the world’s finest completely automatic refrigerator that we’ll make you this amazing proposition: If, within 30 days after you buy a Westinghouse Frost-Free Refrigerator from us, you’re not 100% satisfied, we’ll take it back and refund your full purchase price. It con’t cost you a cent — no delivery or removal charge, absolutely nothing.”