Tool, Ice Harvesting

2021.4656.06
Ice Tongs
Ice Tongs
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Title
Ice Tongs
Creation Date
1900 – 1950
Materials

Dimensions

35 in. H x 16 in. W

Description
Large, metal ice tongs, used by Lorenz Gades for lifting blocks of ice from the lake during the ice harvest. Gades owned the Minnewaska Ice Company in Glenwood, Minnesota. 
Related People and Organizations
Minnewaska Ice Company
Gades, Lorenz
Geographic Notes
Glenwood, Minnesota
Geographic Names
Glenwood, Pope, Minnesota, United States, NA [45.65024,-95.38976] [id:5028087]
Contact the Pope County Historical Society for more information
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