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Cutting ice with an “ice saw” in Carthage

Cutting ice with an “ice saw” 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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