Cutting ice by electricity

A handful of men stand by and watch an ice-cutter in Boston as it cuts 60,000 tons of ice for homes in Wellsley, Massachusetts, into regulation size blocks. The ice is cut into 24 foot squares and then cut by circular saws in the machine.

Publication date: 1920-02-01

Size: 19.8 x 23.6 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: black and white

Language:

• English

Geography:

• Wellesley (Mass.)

Genre(s):

• Documentary photographs
• Photographs

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Tribune Pictorial Weekly (February 1, 1920), p. 5

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Contributor(s):

• Underwood & Underwood