How people kept stuff cold before refrigerators

[The Joker]

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[Old School]

good stuff!

we had an ''ice box'' in 1955..

Horse drawn wagon brought ice down the street to each house.

 

[hawkeye]

Same at my house in the 50's also OS Also had coal burning furnace and a guy with a horse drawn wagon came and scooped coal into your basement to feed the furnace.