From Arcade Street to Main Street: A History of the Seeger Refrigerator Company, 1902-1984

“St. Paul has long been famed for its Winter Carnival, but another sort of chill was big business for more than three-quarters of a century on the city’s East Side. There, in a sprawling plant operated by the Seeger Refrigerator Company along Arcade Street, thousands of workers produced iceboxes and, later, refrigerators and freezers, including those sold by Sears, Roebuck under its popular Coldspot label. This carefully researched and richly illustrated book offers the first complete history of the Seeger Company and the remarkable St. Paul family, led by John A. Seeger, who founded it . . . Later merged with Whirlpool Corporation and RCA’s Appliance Division, the workers on Arcade Street made their last appliances in 1984. The plant is now gone, but the company still lives on in memory. This fine book brings to life a vital and fascinating chapter in St. Paul’s history.”

— Larry Millett, Author of Lost Twin Cities and Twin Cities Then and Now

Hardcover. Member Price: $34.00; Non-Member Price: $38.00.
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