Picture No | 12017629 |
Date | 1857 |
Description | Collecting ice at Serpentine, Hyde Park 1857 |
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Scene in Hyde Park on the lake Serpentine, due to the cold weather labourers collected huge pieces of ice and transported them on small carts drawn by donkeys and ponies to be sold in London for fishmongers, clubhouses to make into ice cream.
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Source | Engraving in 'The Illustrated Times', 21 February 1857, page 125 |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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