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Filling boxcars with ice blocks in Old Forge

Filling boxcars with ice blocks in Old Forge

Men working the ice harvest move cut ice blocks from a conveyor belt into New York Central Railroad boxcars. Circa 1910-1920. Old Forge, NY.

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