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| Date: | 1912 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Dudgeon neighborhood looking across Monroe Street to Lake Wingra with Knickerbocker Ice house (1895-1937) in background. Houses identified from left are 62... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | A detail of a Sanborn map showing the area around North Franklin, North Blair and North Hancock Streets. |
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| Description: | A man stands near an ice harvesting machine on a lake. A label on the machine reads: "Wisconsin." There is open water behind him, and in the far background... |
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| Description: | Left side view of a brand new ice harvesting machine sitting on a frozen lake covered with snow. The machine is sitting over tracks and cuts in the ice, pr... |
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| Description: | Three-quarter view from left rear of an ice harvesting machine on a frozen lake. The sled legs are in tracks in the snow, and the circular saw is shown cut... |
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| Description: | View across ice towards a group of men, employees of the Conklin Ice House, which is in the distance, guiding horses pulling ice cutters. The horses are we... |
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| Description: | Outdoor group portrait of men posing on horse-drawn wagons parked in front of the Conklin Ice House. In the background on the right is Lake Mendota. |
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| Description: | 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... |
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