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- Ice Harvesting-- On the Way to the Ice House, Probably Lake St. Clair, Michigan, circa 1905 - From 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. The company's wide-ranging stock of original photographs included this ice harvesting image. Workers guide rafts of freshly cut ice through a man-made channel toward an ice house. The floating blocks would be broken into more manageable "cakes" and stored until needed.
- circa 1905
- Collections - Artifact
Ice Harvesting-- On the Way to the Ice House, Probably Lake St. Clair, Michigan, circa 1905
From 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. The company's wide-ranging stock of original photographs included this ice harvesting image. Workers guide rafts of freshly cut ice through a man-made channel toward an ice house. The floating blocks would be broken into more manageable "cakes" and stored until needed.
- Gleason's Pictorial, Vol. 2, No. 6, February 11, 1860 -
- February 11, 1860
- Collections - Artifact
Gleason's Pictorial, Vol. 2, No. 6, February 11, 1860