Refrigeration for at-risk films

FAIN: PG-271695-20

Chicago Film Archives, NFP (Chicago, IL 60616-1120)
Yasmin Desouki (Project Director: January 2020 to January 2023)

The purchase of a storage freezer for nitrate films and a refrigerator for films suffering from vinegar syndrome. The Chicago Film Archives holds over 160 collections and more than 30,000 film items documenting the Midwest, including documentaries; avant-garde and experimental films; industrial, corporate and advertising films; educational films; and home movies. This project would support some of the most fragile audiovisual assets, including rare nitrate prints of 1929 news films from the Chicago Daily News Television Service, Mayor Edward J. Kelly, the 1933 World’s Fair, dancer Ruth Page, the original Hiawatha pageant performed by an Ojibwa community in Ontario, Canada, and a 1921 film about damage to a cathedral in Rheims, France, sustained during World War I.

CFA would like to purchase a refrigerator/freezer tor for nitrate films from its collections and a refrigerator for films that have vinegar syndrome.

Associated Products

Refrigerator and Freezer (Equipment)
Name: Refrigerator and Freezer
Description: REACH‐IN FREEZER True Manufacturing Co., Inc. Model No. 4024928 Freezer, reach‐in, two‐section, ‐10°F, (2) stainless steel doors, (6) PVC coated adjustable wire shelves, interior lighting, stainless steel front, aluminum sides, aluminum interior with stainless steel floor, 4" castors, R290 Hydrocarbon refrigerant, 1 HP, 115v/60/1‐ph, 9.6 amps, NEMA 5‐15P, Made in USA, cULus, UL EPH Classified, ENERGY STAR® Dimensions 78.38(h) x 54.13(w) x 29.5(d) REACH‐IN REFRIGERATOR True Manufacturing Co., Inc. Model No. 3547083 Refrigerator, reach‐in, three‐section, (3) stainless steel doors, (9) PVC coated adjustable wire shelves, interior lighting, stainless steel front, aluminum sides, aluminum interior with stainless steel floor, 4" castors, R290 Hydrocarbon refrigerant, 3/4 HP, 115v/60/1‐ph, 6.9 amps, NEMA 5‐15P, cULus, UL EPH Classified, Made in USA Dimensions 78.38(h) x 78.13(w) x 29.5(d) Weight: 575 lbs total
Location: CFA 329 W. 18th Street #317, Chicago, IL 60616
Year: 2020

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