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Ice coming off the conveyor belt in Carthage

Ice coming off the conveyor belt into ice house during the Carthage, NY ice harvest. 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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