Smiling ice handler with tongs leaning on ice blocks – Vintage Print
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This historic image of Smiling ice handler with tongs leaning on ice blocks brings a moment of history to your wall. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. A fine choice for anyone who loves history, and a gift that gets noticed. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past has been bringing history to the wall since 2001, for tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Smiling ice handler with tongs leaning on ice blocks
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Ice handlers with tongs were a common sight wherever natural ice was cut, stored and delivered before mechanical refrigeration spread, and this worker stands out for the relaxed grin he gives the camera while resting against the blocks he has just moved. Ice was heavy, slippery work: crews hauled blocks with pincer-like tongs, often in cold storage houses or on wagons making rounds through town. Markets and farm suppliers depended on ice to keep meat, dairy and produce from spoiling in warm weather, so a worker like this one played a quiet but essential role in daily commerce. Photographs of such laborers are valuable because they show the physical toll and the pride of the trade alongside the ordinary routines of work.
| Original scan | 3,353 × 4,126 px · prints to 11 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | tif12776_JamesLetinianicehandleratFulto |
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