Making and using ice, without leaving behind any ecological footprint, for centuries was not only a luxury to the rich but also a very clever and sustainable way of survival we should not forget and try to remember with great respect.
Walter Klemm (1883-1957)
Besides cooling wine in summer, fishmongers and bakeries and probably many more enterprises and industries depended on harvesting and storing ice. Ice that lasted as long as a year in cleverly constructed isolated cellars.
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| Karl Friedrich Zähringer (Sw.) (1886-1933) "Eisbrecher" |
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| Giovanni Giacometti (It.) 1868-1933 |
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| Harvesting ice in Amsterdam 1917 |
If readers have knowledge of more examples of icemaking and harvesting please send them for sharing.
Bernard Rice (Br.) (1900-1998), thank you Charles.
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Speaking of the wonderful and versatile Walter Klemm (read here) I found two more prints that should have been in the recent Fanny Psicha posting. But along this self educational path I follow and the information on the Internet expanding every day, these things happen. For following readers I show them here and also add them to the original posting for new readers. 
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| (2003) Clara Lieu (US) |
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Nice! You will not be surprised to hear there is a Bernard Rice print of men breaking ice. I will try and find it. The Klemm images are the clearest of those I have seen so that was interesting, too.
ReplyDeleteI am surprised, and curious, so please help me complete this subject by sharing it with us when you find it.
ReplyDeleteIce-houses are fairly common in the gardens of British country houses. I assume they must still exist in other countries, too.
ReplyDeleteI know, we've seen and visited them on our National Trust card on several occasions. They're even here in Friesland.
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