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Terry
Happy New Year everyone!
An interesting stand-in for the traditional Cigar Store Indian. You need to dude him up a bit. Get him a sombrero and some cowboy boots.
Happy New Year back at you!
Later, Dave S. Tucson, AZ
The ice forks were used to slide around and load the blocked ice.
The hand carts were used for crushed ice to be shoveled in, so you'll need some shovels.
A few brooms to sweep up ice chips so the loaders aren't likely to slip around or trip and fall off.
The 'sleds' were more of a bridge, to span from the platform to the walkway on top of the reefer. The blocks were slid down the 'bridges', along the walkway and into the ice hatch using the fork to guide them and break them into smaller pieces.
Later in history a 'chipper' was sometimes used to shave the ice blocks and blow the ice chips into the car.
A hand truck was used to load blocks into pick-up trucks for local delivery.
Sacks of salt were stored on the loading platform, some customers, depending on the load, required the salt to be mixed with the ice, this makes the ice colder.
Those turned out nice.
It does look like a fairly nice structure though, who built it?
I for one appreciate your efforts here,
--Paul
I missed the line poles the first and second time through Karl's pictures as I was focused on the ice process .... but you are quite right if it were modeled ...
--Paul
Good call! That thread would be argued for days and days.
Karl:
I can never see enough of these old reference photos. After viewing them from the perspective of the intended subject, I like to go back and “re-look” beyond that scope. They’re ALWAYS loaded with new detail ideas and information: the stack of sacks, the ladder next to the box car, knot holes, wood grain, and spacing in between floor boards, the drop down “draw-bridge” feature on the loading platform, the white lines on poles to indicate how high to stack items, outdoor lighting: 1 goose-neck lamp followed by three blank posts on a platform. Look and look again.
(Did everybody spot the shirtless guy wearing really REALLY tight shorts?)
Thanks for the replies guys, glad my post was informative, as Bill says, and Ken noted, there's plenty of detail ideas in the background, not all specific to the original theme. I'm like Bill and look for these generic details the second/third time around.