Coolerator: Acclaimed in Hollywood, built in Duluth

Paul, thanks for sharing! My grandafather, William Arndt, was president of Coolerator.  It was referenced in Chuck Berry's "You Never Can Tell" (dance scene in Pulp Fiction)... "The Coolerator was crammed with TV dinners and ginger ale." I'm a bit of a collector, too.

It's such a comfort and a pleasure to know that you're not going to be embarrassed by running out of ice cubes. 
Gotta love vintage copy.

One of the Coolerator buildings was quite striking; I remembered these pics from some River history a while back: 



Zenith City Online: Duluth’s Miscellaneous Manufacturers
  
The collection of industrial buildings included the 1890 four-story Mansard-roofed office building, an unusual style for an industrial complex.

I keep meaning to scan in my grandfather's photos of Coolerator from 1937.  He has some great candid shots of the regular workers doing their thing. A few of the shots have Coolerator #2 written on the back so they must be from within that building.  Wish it was still standing.

This is my only photo of the West Duluth Coolerator building, starring my parents in the early 1950s.

Jessica, get thee to a scanner!