YEARS AGO AROUND 1890--1900'S THEY USED ANTIQUE ICE HOOKS TO PICK UP ICE AND PUT IN IN WOODEN ANTIQUE ICE BOXES OR CHESTS OR MOVE ICE BLOCKS TO A SAFE STORAGE CHEST TO KEEP THE ICE STORED FOR SAFE KEEPING. IT KEPT FOOD FROM SPOILING AND THIS WAS DONE LONG BEFORE WE HAD ELECTRIC REFRIGERATORS OR FREEZERS FOR STORAGE. THE ANTIQUE CHESTS WERE MADE OF WOOD SOME WITH BEAUTIFUL DESIGNS AND ORNATE HANDLES. SOME CHESTS WERE MADE OF WHAT EVER WOOD THEY HAD THAT SUFFICED TO MAKE A SUITABLE ICE CHEST, MANY ANTIQUE CHESTS MADE TODAY ARE DESIGNS FROM CHESTS MADE LONG AGO. THE ICE HOOK ITSELF CAN BE OF ALL METAL DESIGN AS THE ONE ABOVE OR METAL WITH WOOD HANDLE.
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