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| Picture No | 10063433 |
| Date | 1850 |
| Description | Ice Cart in London 1850 |
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Early morning delivery of ice on the back of horse and carts, candied in from chilling Wenham Lake, Norway and Sweden to London, for fishmongers, clubhouses to make into ice cream and also used as a therapeutic agent in illness.
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| Source | Engraving by John Leech in 'A Holiday Book for Christmas and the New Year', page 135 and also in 'The llustrated London News', 5 January 1850 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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