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Filling an Ice House

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Caption reads: "Filling an ice house on Lake Wingra--Wisconsin." A large scaffold holds up the conveyor into the ice house, and a group of men are standing under the conveyor structure. Piles of ice are on the right and left.

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Physical Description

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Dimensions 14 x 9 cm

Collection Information

Source Collection Classified file, circa 1850s-1950s
Call Number CF 654

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Copyright Status COPYRIGHT NOT EVALUATED
Unique ID
W012AGU
Legacy ID
WHi 124286

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Harvesting Ice on Lake Mendota

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View across ice on Lake Mendota towards men using long poles to maneuver ice up to the conveyor belt to the Conklin Ice House.

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Wingra Area

Wingra Area

1913

Dudgeon neighborhood looking across Monroe Street to Lake Wingra with Knickerbocker Ice house (1895-1937) in background. Houses identified from left are 628 Knickerbocker Street, 657 Knickerbocker ...

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Photographs
Conklin Ice House

Conklin Ice House

1912

Men harvesting ice at the Conklin Ice House on Lake Mendota. The men are using pike poles to slide the blocks to the conveyor and U-shaped tools to split partially sawed blocks from ice. The steel ...

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Drawings
"An Invitation, Automation on Ice!"

"An Invitation, Automation on Ice!"

Cartoon of warmly dressed men working on conveyor belt on a frozen lake. Fish on a stringer are being pulled up from a hole in the ice onto the conveyor belt, while the five men: scale the fish wit...

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Photographs
Girl Falls Through the Ice on Lake Wingra Lagoon

Girl Falls Through the Ice on Lake Wingra Lagoon

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Photographs
Conklin Ice House Employees

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Outdoor group portrait of Conklin Ice House employees posing on a loading dock in front of the ice house on Lake Mendota. Wagons are parked on the left and the right.

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