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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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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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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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Covert Company Truck

Date: 05 29 1937
Description: A man climbs the steps to a residence as he delivers a block of ice. An International D-2 truck owned by the Covert Company parks along the curb. The text ...
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Ice Delivery Company Truck

Date: 1937
Description: A man unloads a block of ice from the back of an International D-30 truck owned by the Ice Delivery Company. The truck is parked in front of a restaurant.
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Ice Harvesting on the Black River

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Description: Six men harvesting ice, probably from above the river dam on the Black River, in front of the railroad bridge. There is a horse standing on the ice on the ...
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Cutting Ice

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Description: View from ice of men from the CCC group at Camp Petenwell cutting ice. Three men stand on the ice on the right. A steep bank surrounds the icy water. Men a...

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