He began to run a fleet of delivery carts, supplying ice for domestic iceboxes.
With the advent of iceboxes, ice could last for about a week, keeping food fresh.
These iceboxes were used until nearly 1910 and the technology did not progress.
Harvesting ice to supply iceboxes was a major industry in the area for many years.
This icebox on wheels was a limited success in that it was only able to function in cold weather.
By the following year, dolls, icebox refrigerators, cook-stoves and groceries had been added to the catalog.
Each campsite had an icebox, stove, and a latrine with water pumped from a well.
This was a normal household item before iceboxes came into regular use.
