Dale;

We had one neighbor in San Francisco, who had an Ice Box up until the mid 1950’s. The Ice blocks (perfectly formed to fit the Box) were delivered in a truck – Oakland Ice Company. I remember the truck very well, as well as the deliveryman with his leather apron over his shoulder and huge tongs to grip the ice. The ice was placed on the shoulder and carried to the customer.

Can you imagine a horse and wagon in San Francisco up until the late 1950’s? It was an Italian Junk man, with a megaphone. "Rags, bottles and sacks"! Up and down the hills he drove as his horse left behind his “calling cards”. :)


Tom

>I don't really want to give away my age, ...........but, I remember a horse and wagon coming to the house on a regular basis to deliver a large block of ice for our ice box. The driver would always chip off good size hunks and give to us kids, especially during the summer.
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>>Those metal ice trays were great. They froze faster and had a handle that when lifted would pop the ice cubes out. I don't think you can even find them anymore! Nowadays I use the automatic ice dispenser in the door of my fridge. It makes crushed ice... Now that was hard in the old days!
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