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Photograph

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...
Photograph

Wingra Area

Date: 1913
Description: Dudgeon neighborhood looking across Monroe Street to Lake Wingra with Knickerbocker Ice house (1895-1937) in background. Houses identified from left are 62...
Photograph

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...
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map Detail of Madison

Date: 1908
Description: A detail of a Sanborn map showing the area around North Franklin, North Blair and North Hancock Streets.
Postcard

Filling an Ice House

Date: 
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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