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[Kennebec Ice horse-drawn wagon parked in front of Birney Public School - school children lined up with teacher behind wagon as man shows them large chunk of ice suspended by tongs, Washington, D.C.] – Antique Print

[Kennebec Ice horse-drawn wagon parked in front of Birney Public School - school children lined up with teacher behind wagon as man shows them large chunk of ice suspended by tongs, Washington, D.C.], [1899?] — historic photograph
[Kennebec Ice horse-drawn wagon parked in front of Birney Public School - school children lined up with teacher behind wagon as man shows them large chunk of ice suspended by tongs, Washington, D.C.], [1899?]. Historic photograph from the Horses collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Children stand in a line on the street in front of Birney Public School, with a teacher behind them, while a man holds up a large block of ice with tongs beside a parked Kennebec Ice horse-drawn wagon. Ice of this kind was cut from frozen rivers in winter, stored in insulated icehouses, and delivered by wagon to homes and businesses in warmer months, before electric refrigerators became common. The staging suggests a demonstration for the students, and the blue tone comes from the cyanotype process, a low-cost method of the period.

Created / published[1899?]
Medium1 photographic print : cyanotype.
GenreWash. -- Schools -- Birney Public Schools; Delivery trucks & wagons; Ice industry; Shelf."
SubjectsWash. -- Misc. -- 1899; D.C.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,181 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-128264

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