sassnetguy50 Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 This is said to be two ice deliverers in September of 1918. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yellowhouse Sam # 25171 Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 No, but we had an icebox that held a 50 lb block and we kept milk and a few other perishables in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singin' Sue 71615 Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 Yup...I believe it was 'a box' ...I wish I had Memaw's...coolest thing ever.( no pun) Buckshot Bear calls an ice chest a chilly bin!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 16 minutes ago, Singin' Sue 71615 said: Buckshot Bear calls an ice chest a chilly bin! ..... he had better not ! ....... that's a Kiwi word ..... ...........the correct Awstrayyylan word is "esky" ...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 Yes, I remember grandma's ice chest, and her wood stove and hand pump at the sink. She always wore an apron with flour dusted on it, and she carried a rolling pin. Her gray hair was in a bun. There was always a hot apple pie cooling on the sill. The screen door screeched and banged and we ran around in hand-me-downs and bare feet. Kids these days--- we had to learn to start a car with a crank, and they don't even have to turn a key; they just get the fob close to the console. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 1 minute ago, Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 said: ..... he had better not ! ....... that's a Kiwi word ..... ...........the correct Awstrayyylan word is "esky" ...... Ya beat me to it! We had a Kiwi friend that used to come here to fly his balloon and always had his " chilly bin" with him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MizPete Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 My Dad's first job was delivering ice. He was paid (weekly) 50 cents and a small bag of Golden Grain smoking tobacco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 I recall my Grandparents with one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 I never had an ice chest, though I did have a chiseled one…along with the rest of my body, but alas, ‘tis no more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Dan Troop 70448 Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 I remember the day when the electric company came out after watching poles being set and wires strung. Then a week or so later a representative came out and if we signed up they would provide lights and switches in each room and 2 outlets in living room and kitchen and one in each bedroom. They stapled cloth encased wires to the wall and ceilings. Then came the day we had electricity and lights. The monthly bill was under 5 dollars and when paying the bill we could get 2 free replacement light bulbs every month. But we still owned an icebox and weekly delivery of ice as needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 My wife had an apartment in Portland, OR. Each apt had an icebox that opened to the apt and the corridor. Way back, an iceman would visit once a day and put a fresh block of ice in the box from the corridor side. Not now of course but the ice boxes are still there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 WE had a house in 1951-1955 that hd a two block (100 pound) ice box under the rear porch. We watch the ice truck (a chain drive Mack) pull up and the driver would get two 50 pound blocks over and down a chute and then on hot days we'd each get a chunk of ice to carry around so we had something to keep us cool. Rated right up there with the ice cream man on his ice cooled trike full of goodies. That was the last place I ever saw with an ice box built in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgavin Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 No, but I was married to one, once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusty Devil Dale Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 I recall a number of years ago, when a bunch of biologists in my office were leaving for a multi-day field excursion. A female biologist in the group loudly proclaimed across the office where people were assembling, "I've got an ice chest". Somebody in the background quipped, "And no small amount of modesty". It was good for a laugh and a red face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bailey Creek,5759 Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 Had one when i was a kid. Had to go to town once a week, to get ice. Worked well, also had cold water, when ice was melting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Bear Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 My grandparents had a fridge like the pic below, imagine now and that's the size of your freezer? How things change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Three Foot Johnson Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 No, but we had a neighbor, German immigrants, about a mile down the gulch who were still using one into the early 60's. Like Red Gauntlet described above, they also had a big wood stove in the middle of the rough wood floored living room/kitchen, and a pump jack sitting atop the kitchen counter over the sink. One day Stella was showing my folks how Joe had rigged up an electric motor and crankshaft arrangement so all she had to do was flip a switch to get water instead of pumping the handle. He ran a pipe to the bathroom so they had running water to the tub, and even installed a flush toilet in lieu of the outhouse. Looking back, I expect the waste water for their little cabin/house probably just dumped into the creek about twenty yards away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 My grandparents in New Jersey had an ice box in the kitchen when I was a kid in the late ‘50s and it was still there in ‘64 when we moved back to Tennessee. I still remember the ice man delivering twice a week a 50# block of ice. They also had a modern refrigerator sitting right beside the ice box. I wish I had that ice box!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 i dont remember it but was told my grandparents had one until they got the fridge i do remember ....one of those ones with the round thingy on top , i recall kids were not allowed to touch it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan Slim Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 The lake I grew up on was used for ice harvesting. It went into a special barn and was covered with sawdust. Before my time but I have seen pictures that are in the family. I do remember home milk delivery. Glass bottles on the porch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Bob Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 My dad still calls the refrigerator the ice box Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 Well, I knew a girl in high school…… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Dan Troop 70448 Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 6 minutes ago, Utah Bob #35998 said: Well, I knew a girl in high school…… Now Bob. just one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 4 minutes ago, Marshal Dan Troop 70448 said: Now Bob. just one? She stands out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
largo casey #19191 Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 I believe the old Ice House is still standing here. Largo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 ours ice house in my home town got turned into the local history center , when i moved here i recall seeing ice harvested off the lakes[s] but i think it was getting used for the winter carnival Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgavin Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 Back in the 90s before Dad passed, we took a trip up to Horseshoe Bend, ID where he had some property. He knew a fella in town that managed the local ice house. In the middle of the summer heat, we went inside this ice house to see huge chunks of solid ice. The walls were 20+ inches thick, and entirely filled with sawdust from the local mill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 Frederick Tudor was the New England 'ice king' in the pre-civil war period. He and others sold ice all over the world; harvested it from lakes in New England winters. They perfected storing and insulating it. Look him up; very interesting bit of American history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seamus McGillicuddy Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 My nephew lives in the tiny community of Floriston, just outside Truckee on the Truckee river. Maybe 40 or so buildings up there now, all residential. But back in the day it as a thriving community built around the ice and timber trades. By damming the river they created large ice ponds to harvest in winter. I wonder how many small mountain towns have similar backgrounds. Seamus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 On 4/5/2022 at 5:28 AM, sassnetguy50 said: This is said to be two ice deliverers in September of 1918. ........ them's two pretty Ladies ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 3 hours ago, Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 said: ........ them's two pretty Ladies ..... oddly enough , on my third pass through this thread , i had the same exact thought -you realize of course that we are both going to hell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassnetguy50 Posted April 6, 2022 Author Share Posted April 6, 2022 15 minutes ago, watab kid said: oddly enough , on my third pass through this thread , i had the same exact thought -you realize of course that we are both going to hell Do you like to chase older women? They're probably north of 120 if still living. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 good point and cant argue that , they werent in that photo tho ......the smiles caught my eye and i bet a lot of other young mens back then as well , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 3 hours ago, watab kid said: oddly enough , on my third pass through this thread , i had the same exact thought -you realize of course that we are both going to hell ........ of course ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted April 6, 2022 Share Posted April 6, 2022 7 hours ago, watab kid said: oddly enough , on my third pass through this thread , i had the same exact thought -you realize of course that we are both going to hell I had the same thoughts as both of you, but I’m not allowed within 500 ft. of Hell!! My attorney, J. Mark Flint, has informed me that Satan has taken out an order of protection against me!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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