Ice Delivery #1
by Philip And Robbie Bracco
Title
Ice Delivery #1
Artist
Philip And Robbie Bracco
Medium
Mixed Media - Water Color
Description
Before air conditioning and refrigerators with ice makers existed, all ice was delivered by horse drawn wagons. The men would unload large blocks of ice on the sidewalks. Then each family would come down from their apartments and he would fill their requests. You would hear, �I�ll take a quarter of a block.� or sometimes half a block or more.
I remember our family ordering a quarter block of ice for 25 cents. One man would chop the ice with an ice pick. The other man would place a burlap bag on his shoulder where he would place the ice to carry it up two flights upstairs and place in our ice box for us.
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December 29th, 2010
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