The Lost Code

Ice Box

Circa 1900
Painted wood, tinplate, cast iron
H. 1.19 m
W. 84 cm
The ancestor of the fridge, the ice box used a block of ice in its upper compartment to keep perishable foods cool. The ice, naturally, had to be replaced once it had melted. Before the advent of artificial ice, ice was cut from the river and other waterways in winter.
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