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Iceboat on the Mississippi River

Date: 1905
Description: The iceboat was built by the Ranke boys. There are about forty-nine people posing in front of the boat. Almost everyone is wearing ice skates. Names: Fred ...
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Conklin Ice House

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Description: Conklin Ice House on Lake Mendota. A man is standing in the snow-covered yard in the foreground near a sleigh, and a carriage with a sign painted on the si...
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Harvesting Ice on Lake Mendota

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Description: View across ice on Lake Mendota towards men using long poles to maneuver ice up to the conveyor belt to the Conklin Ice House.
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Oscar Mayer Ice Making

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Description: View over metal forms towards two men who are using ice picks to move the ice from the forms out onto the floor. Large windows are on the far wall in the b...

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