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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.
circa 1900-1909
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