Here’s an idea from 1937 that for some reason never caught on. As shown in the July 1937 issue of Popular Mechanics, this single kitchen appliance combines a radio and refrigerator.  Actually, as the magazine concedes, the radio is in the removable top of the refrigerator, and tops without a radio were also available.  The article doesn’t mention the manufacturer, but a handwritten note in the margin reveals that it was Crosley, who made both radios and refrigerators.  It was billed as just the thing for the housewife who wanted to listen to a recipe on the radio, or simply listen to music while working in the kitchen.

I’ve never seen any evidence of a surviving example, or even an advertisement.  So it’s unlikely that this idea got much past the trial balloon stage.

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