Rockland Lake - Cutting Ice - View from the Northeast

by after John William Hill

$1,250 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

The present image shows the winter task of collecting surface ice called ice-cutting or ice-harvesting. Though uncommon today, from the beginning of the 19th century to early 20th century many communities that was near fresh water harvested ice during the coldest months of the year. Rockland Lake, near the Hudson River about 25 miles north of New York City, was the largest natural ice harvesting operation of the Knickerbocker Ice Company, which was the most prominent ice purveyor at the

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