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Metadata
Name |
Ice industry |
Number of Archive records |
2 |
Number of Library records |
1 |
Number of Object records |
13 |
Number of Photo records |
7 |
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1987.15.1 - Saw, Ice
Large and heavy ice saw, also labeled as an ice plow. The saw has six metal teeth, which are notched, of different sizes. The teeth are attached to a long piece of metal, which was probably painted white. The metal has two sets of two small rings running lengthwise with the teeth and there is a larger ring at the top end of the blade. On the other end are two wooden handles, attached to the blade by multiple pieces of metal. One of the handle...
Record Type: Object
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1987.15.3 - Saw, Ice
Ice scorer with red wooden case. The saw has a long and thin blade with many small teeth. The blade gets gradually taller towards the end with the handle. The teeth are much shorter than the blade as a whole. There is a small flat area at the corner near the handle. A piece of metal is riveted to the blade on one end and bolted to the handle on the other end. The handle is a piece of wood shaped roughly like a rolling pin. The case is made...
Record Type: Object
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1994.11.56 - Engraving
Colorized print "Ice Cutting at Spy Pond, West Cambridge, MA." Depicts men and horses cutting and moving ice, with some ice houses in the back and a train on the far edge. Image from Gleason's Pictorical Drawing Room, Feb. 18, 1854. Blue frame with grey matt
Record Type: Object
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2011.16.2 - Cutter, Ice
Ice jabber with wooden handle and two sharp metal (iron) spike endings at approximately right angles to one another; used to manuever ice blocks. One of the spikes is longer than the other, both have approximently triangular cross sections and have a hollowed out section. Riveted to the wood with a metal band to keep them in place. Handle has a tapered shaft. 48" wooden handle plus 7" metal fitting. On metal spike reads "Gifford Wood Co." C...
Record Type: Object
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2020.13.1 - Saw, Ice
Large and heavy horse drawn ice cutter, plow type. The saw has six metal teeth (five cutting teeth), which are notched, of different widths. The teeth are attached by bolts to a long piece of metal, which was probably painted white. A maker's mark is stamped on the largest tooth. The metal has two sets of two small rings running lengthwise with the teeth, which have metal bolts or pegs in them. There is a larger ring at the top end of the bla...
Record Type: Object
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2020.13.2 - Saw, Ice
Ice cutter, hand pushed, 6 inch model - includes blade cover with manufacturing information - William T. Wood & Co. 7 notched teeth, each bolted to a piece of metal with 2 square bolts. Handle is attached by a pivoting joint. The bottom part of the handle is made of a metal rod, with a visible seam, and the top is made of wood. The wooden part has a handhold, and appears to have been painted red. Cover (2020.13.2B) is made of a light brown...
Record Type: Object
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2022.FIC.5 - Cutter, Ice
Ice jabber used to manuever ice blocks. It has a wooden handle and two sharp metal (iron) spike endings, originally pointing in almost opposite directions. One of the spikes is longer than the other. Both have approximately triangular cross sections and have a hollowed out section. Riveted to the wood with a metal band to keep them in place. The shorter spike is broken right beneath the metal band. Handle has a tapered shaft. 48" wooden handle...
Record Type: Object
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