Gibson Appliance

Gibson was founded by Joshua Hall in Belding, Michigan, in 1877 as the Belding-Hall Company selling cabinets that housed blocks of ice (ice-boxes).

The area around Belding, Michigan, had a skilled workforce of Danish craftsmen and a good supply of hardwoods including ash.

The company was purchased by Frank Gibson, a competing manufacturer of "ice refrigerators" in the early 1900s.

[1] During the Second World War, Gibson manufactured 1,078 Waco CG-4 troop and cargo assault gliders under license.

[2] In 1967 Hupp merged with White Consolidated Industries (WCI), which created the White-Westinghouse brand in 1975.