Winter of 1952-53

Pic of my dad & two of his bro's...

Looks cold!!!!!!

Where is this at?

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Minnesota, they cut the ice, loaded it on truck, hauled ta a barn were my dad was staying, & sold the ice for ice-box's... My dad tis one with back facing pic, one's ta his left & right were his bro's.

Burrrr ! ❄️

Great old pic.

Winter blast from the past. Never been anywhere that even looks that cold. Those tough as nails men were wearing light jackets to boot.

We had freezers and refrigerators by 1952! But then we did not have the cold to create the ice blocks either.

Very cool

Baby its cold outside.

You bet. Thanks colt.45

Awesome pic sir!!! You are a lucky man to have that of your Pops!!!

after loading them on horse drawn carts they would haul them to the ice house and stack using saw dust to separate to keep from forming one large block,
my father as well did this years past, upper Mississippi river
not sure how many times i heard the story, what i wouldn't give to hear it again.
good pic
thanks for sharing

Dang, those blocks look to be 18"-20" thick!

Seeing this reminded me of a place in Maine where my wife and I went some 20+ years ago. Even today, during the winter, Igor and his friends cut blocks of ice from Munsungun Lake. They are stored in a earth covered barn with saw dust all around them. They use that ice for drinks, keeping things cold etc all during the spring and summer months at their camp. Even in September he showed me those blocks that had lasted all that time. Of course they don't have the heat we have in South Texas either!! Amazing to be able to do that. I don't want to!!
If I knew how I would post a picture that shows one of those blocks.

Cool old photo. Not a job I would like doing.

Minnesota, they cut the ice, loaded it on truck, hauled ta a barn were my dad was staying, & sold the ice for ice-box's... My dad tis one with back facing pic, one's ta his left & right were his bro's.

edit : twas on wY ta work, forgot i had already posted it... reason double post...
That's first time seen that pic... Didnt know he had done that..
House we grew up in had a cellar, small room in basement back part of house... Still has few chunks of coal..
Has small window, werethey threw coal inta fro. Out side, rail road tracks wereon other side of street...

Thanks for all the kind replies...


Best wish's...

Very Kool.......Thanks for sharing!!!

If you would have said north Texas I'd start packing now.

Depends on where you live. Have relatives in Peoria, IL and a buddy in La Crosse, WI. For several months of the year they use the garage as a big walk in cooler.

My parents lived in Northeastern Oklahoma and took me about using an Ice Box. Had a guy that went around with a horse drawn wagon selling ice. They would get a whole block or a half, depending on how much the last batch had melted. We really live an easy live now of days compared to them.

THANKS for all the feed back...
Best wish's ta all...

I remember the country store & post office had the ice cooler, take home a chunk for the fridge