Ice cutting

Ice cutting

Item Information

Title:
Ice cutting
Description:
Men are shown hear tending to the task of ice cutting on Fuller Pond. Farmers would often supplement their incomes during the unproductive winter months by cutting blocks of ice, storing them in well-insulated icehouses, and selling them for use in iceboxes during the hot summer months.
Date:
[ca. 1850–2000]
Format:
Photographs
Location:
Lancaster Historical Society
Collection (local):
Photo Archives of the Lancaster (MA) Historical Society
Subjects:
Ice industry
Lakes & ponds
Places:
Massachusetts > Worcester (county) > Fuller Pond (lake)
Massachusetts > Worcester (county) > Lancaster
Extent:
1 photograph
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Notes:
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Notes (date):
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Notes (publications):
Published in: Images of America, Lancaster / Heather Maurer Lennon. Charleston, SC ; Chicago IL ; Portsmouth NH ; San Francisco CA. : Arcadia Publishing, 2001
Identifier:
13232128