What is this metal box?

[beccaboo0713]

So, I have a thing for bottles and boxes. I picked up this one the other day at a flea market. Since then I have been trying to figure out what it says on the side. So far I have determined that it says 'Special Serum Vaccine _______________'. Anyone here that can shed any insight into what this is? Thanks so much!

(oh and I upped the contrast on the picture of the print to help decipher it better) '

[galaxywomun]

i like that!!   

[beccaboo0713]

i like that!!   

Isn't it great?!

[waywardangler]

REFRIGERATE or something like that on the bottom line.

[beccaboo0713]

REFRIGERATE or something like that on the bottom line.

Hmmm, yes or REFRIGERATOR. Awesome, thank you.  I wonder when it's from.

[waywardangler]

My guess is 1940s.

[talesofthesevenseas]

"SPECIAL" is the first line.

[talesofthesevenseas]

I've got it:

SPECIAL
SERUM-VACCINE
REFRIGERATOR

[waywardangler]

  Tales, she had all the words in the her first post except for refrigerator, which she picked up on 4 posts ago. I am just sitting here chuckling, but it is Friday and I had a great day at sales.

[talesofthesevenseas]

LOL my fault. I'm at work and sometimes I skim these posts too fast!

[beccaboo0713]

Haha, ah yes. But it was fun to decipher, yes? Any information on when it might have been used would be great. I was thinking 1940's too.

[waywardangler]

Tales, it kind of reminds me of the car full of people TV ad and the one guy that has a 4G phone gets the text joke first and roars while everyone else is silent. A few seconds later the rest get the joke on their slower phones and start laughing. Been there, done that except it was usually a joke someone told in person and it took awhile to sink in. 

Great deciphering by the way.

[talesofthesevenseas]

Yup, I was two steps behind on this one!!! 

[KC]

The compartmentalized boxes generally had one compartment for the vaccines/meds and one for the ice since it was a transport item.  They used to use these on trains/planes many, many years ago but these days they are hardened cases with Styrofoam on mass transportation.