Removing base of Doughboy statue with jackhammer — 3/15/1961 — #38579_1
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Photograph Copyright Anderson & Middleton Company
United States — Washington (State) — Hoquiam
Aberdeen Daily World
Simpson and Park Sts. Image includes Pacific Fuel and the Ice Palace.
Thanks to Susan Larson who notes: "The Ice Palace sold blocks of ice, about 1 foot square. They were delivered from the back of a flat bed truck. The 'ice man' put a heavy piece of leather over his shoulder and sunk his tongs into the heavy square of ice. He carried the ice over his shoulder, and delivered it into the home, replacing the melted ice in the ice box, from a previous delivery. In the summers when the weather was hot, all the little kids would congregate around the ice truck, and the 'ice man' would chip off a small piece of ice for each child to suck on. The Ice Palace also had lockers for rent. A locker consisted of about a 3 foot square cage with a door and a padlock. To enter the locker area, you went through a very thick door with a plunger opener. It was freezing in the room, and the cold would go up your nostrils and enter your sinuses. There weren't any home freezers at the time and no frozen food for sale in the corner grocery stores. One of the main reasons you would rent a locker was to store home grown beef or pork. The meat would be wrapped in individual serving sizes and when meat was needed, you would go to your locker and take out the amount you could use in a few days."
Thanks also to Sam Talley who adds: "When commercial freezing was available, the Ice Palace had freezer rooms with many wooden cages or 'lockers' for rent. They were different sizes but the average was about three cubic feet. This was before home freezers were common. People would keep their frozen beef, game, berries, vegetables, seafood, etc. in them."
