This thread certainly brings back many fond memories of the days when we used ice boxes. We had two of them on the back porch at my grand parents house. During the 1930's the ice man had a wagon pulled by a team of horses. I recall that in the summer on real hot days most of the kids in the neighborhood would wait for the ice man in order to get a chunk of ice to chew. The ice pick was used to chunk up the ice into whatever amount you required ~ usually 10 to 25 lb. pieces, and in this process there were several small pieces that would break off. The driver would always let us have a chunk or two. Of course we were eating lake ice ~ but it was great on a hot summer day. There was a warehouse on the edge of town where ice was stored, packed in sawdust, during the warm months.

One thing that amazed me, at the time, was that the horses knew the route. The driver would walk along beside the wagon and just say "get'up" and the horses would go on the next stop. The horse drawn wagon was eventually replaced by a flat bed truck ~ etc., etc. There must be a song there some where... Thanks ~~~ Cap't Bob