Ice Harvesting
Before refrigerators were common, iceboxes were used.
Lake Harriet Ice Cutting
Before refrigerators were common, ice boxes were used. In Oregon, it was Ed and Ernie Culp who would cut ice during the winter months from Lake Harriet, just west of Oregon. The ice was stored in an ice house on the lake. The blocks were packed in sawdust and straw. When summer arrived the village […]
Lake Harriet School
Typical interior of many rural schools of this period. Note the thermometer hangs from the ceiling at the center of the room.