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Stocking the ice house at the Buster Crab camp in Onchiota

Stocking the ice house at the Buster Crab camp in Onchiota

Using a horse to drag ice blocks up a chute into the ice house at the Buster Crab camp in Onchiota (previously the Adirondack Florida School). Onchiota, NY. Circa 1940 to 1950. Photo donated by Jill McKenty.

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