Ice Harvesting Sampler (Production Materials)

Date1991

Can Descriptions1991 NHF compilation of archival ice harvesting footage from several collections that date 1920s-1940s. 'This compilation shows newsreel and amateur footage of ice harvesting on rivers and lakes for commercial and private use...close-ups record the use of specialized hand tools as well as gasoline-powered equipment...ice-house interiors with massive ice blocks being maneuvered at high speed, and horse teams and wagons delivering ice to brownstones in Boston.' // The 3/4 in. master tape (1991, 26:30 min.) contains segments from five collections and has no narration: a. Sebago Ice Co. Cutting on Long Pond, Everett Johnson Collection, acc.0135/0136; b. Ice Cutting East Andover, and Work Horse Parade, Robert C. Taylor Collection, acc.0724; c. Hinckley School for Boys Ice Harvest, Good Will-Hinckley Collection, acc.1202; d. Ice Cutting on Upper Hadlock Pond, Seavey Collection, acc.0162; e. Harvest Bumper Ice Crop, National Archives Collection, acc.0134.