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Poling chunks of ice down the channel in Carthage

Poling chunks of ice down the channel during the Carthage, NY ice harvest. Ice saw in operation in background. 1947. Carthage Ice Harvest Collection donated by Eleanor Query, whose father, Francis George Query, is pictured in many of the photos.

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