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Description
Rare photos showing where businesses’ and consumers’ ice came from in the late 1800s, early 1900s.
#1: Men loading blocks of ice on cart using hooks. Horse in background. Written on negative: ‘Ice Harvest Hamilton Bay Hardwick Photo 13’.
(A. H. Hardwick, Picture Framer and Photographer 157 James St. S., Hamilton Canada)
#2: Two men cutting ice blocks using large saws. Written on negative: ‘Ice Harvest Hamilton Bay Sawing’.
#3: Group of men out into bay, loading horse-drawn wagon, doing something with long poles in water. Written on negative: ‘Ice Harvest Hamilton Bay Floating’.
All are unused.
Some smudging on back of #2.
(Red text is an electronic watermark that is not physically part of the photo for sale)
