Before the Refrigerator How We Used to Get Ice |
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| Author:
| Rees, Jonathan |
| Series title: | How Things Worked Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4214-2459-0 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2018 |
| Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $22.00 |
Book Description:
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During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Americans depended upon ice to stay cool and to keep their perishable foods fresh. Jonathan Rees tells the fascinating story of how people got ice before mechanical refrigeration came to the household. Drawing on newspapers, trade journals, and household advice books, ......
During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Americans depended upon ice to stay cool and to keep their perishable foods fresh. Jonathan Rees tells the fascinating story of how people got ice before mechanical refrigeration came to the household. Drawing on newspapers, trade journals, and household advice books, ......