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Cutting Ice on the St. Lawrence (1830s - 1850s) by James Duncan [Source: ROM Collections]
Before the age of refrigeration, Quebecers would buy their ice from the "coupeurs de glace" (ice cutters). In fact, my father told me that Montrealers could still receive ice deliveries in the 1940s and 1950s.
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