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Workers Filling Railroad Cooling Car with Ice

Date: 1966
Description: Two workers filling a railroad cooling car with ice from an International truck at a railroad yard.
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Man Delivering Ice from International D-300 Oscar Mayer Truck

Date: 1940
Description: Man delivering a block of ice to a residential home (150 Lakewood Blvd.) using an International D-300 Oscar Mayer truck with special streamlined body. The ...
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Workman Filling International Model "63" Coal and Ice Truck

Date: 1927
Description: African American workman filling an International Model "63" coal and ice truck. The truck was owned by George Jaekel & Son Coal and Ice Company based in ...
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International Model S-26 Truck Delivering Coal to Residential Home

Date: 1930
Description: Worker unloading coal from a truck onto a chute on Seneca Parkway in Rochester. The chute appears to be leading to a residential home. However, there is c...
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Man Delivering Ice with International Truck

Date: 1930
Description: Man removing a block of ice from an International truck for delivery in a residential neighborhood. The house in the background is at 462 Seneca Parkway. T...
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Delivering Ice from an International Truck

Date: 07 05 1938
Description: Iceman delivering a block of ice from an International D-300 streamlined truck to an office building in downtown Milwaukee. The man worked for the Wisconsi...
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Conklin Ice House

Date: 1912
Description: 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 p...
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Group Portrait of Oscar Mayer Icemen

Date: 07 11 1933
Description: Group portrait of 23 Oscar Mayer ice deliverymen in uniform and 3 plant workers.
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Conklin Fire

Date: 06 17 1915
Description: Several men try to extinquish a fire in an ice house, which is known as the Conklin Fire.
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Ice Harvesting

Date: 1910
Description: Poling ice blocks to the hoist on the Milwaukee River.
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International Model F Ice Truck

Date: 1917
Description: Man loading ice from loading dock with an International Model F (or 31) truck. The truck was operated by the Hudson/Willow River Ice Company. There is a la...
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Engine Used to Saw Ice

Date: 1923
Description: A man uses an International 6 H.P. stationary engine and sawcutter to cut through ice. The caption beneath with the photograph reads: "Ice used by our deal...
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International Model "63" Coal Trucks

Date: 11 1926
Description: Two drivers sit are sitting their International Model "63" trucks, parked underneath coal chutes. The drivers worked for George Jaekel and Son's Coal and I...
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International Model 63 Coal Truck and River Boat

Date: 01 26 1928
Description: A man shovels coal from the bed of an International Model 63 truck onto a conveyor attached to a river boat or steam boat. The truck was used by the "Thos....
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International Model "63" Morea Bros. Ice Truck

Date: 06 11 1924
Description: International Model "63" truck operated by Morea Bros. of Bronx, New York. There is a man in the driver's seat, and the truck is on a cobblestone street wi...
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John Hoff

Date: 05 14 1921
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of John Hoff, Milwaukee ice dealer.
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Mirabella Ice Company Fish Store

Date: 05 12 1939
Description: Men stand around a fish hanging from the ceiling inside the wholesale and retail fish store owned by the Mirabella Ice Company. The original caption reads:...
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Mirabella Ice Company Fish Receiving Area

Date: 05 12 1939
Description: View of the dock area used by Mirabella Ice Company's wholesale and retail fish store. Men are standing and sitting near the receiving area, and boats are ...
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Man with Ice Machine

Date: 09 10 1938
Description: A man crouches near a 7.5 x 7.5 Lippman ice machine powered by an International PA-50 power unit at the Isis Theater.
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Ice and Coal Wagon

Date: 09 20 1926
Description: Oshkosh Pure Ice and Coal Co. horse-drawn wagon. Note on back: Near Oregon & 11st. #2, camera set pointing in an easterly direction and 26 ft. 4 in. west f...

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