The ice man didn't come by our house when I was a child. When we needed ice, dad went to town to the ice house and bought a block of it for 15 or 30 cents. He wrapped it in several layers of newspapers, then covered it with gunny sacks and set it in mom's large granite dishpan. mom > MWe also had a Ice man, I remember he would park out front of my > mother and grandmothers house. He had a ice pick, and would use it to > pick a block of ice to the right size, than he had a big hook, would > pick the block of ice up and with the hook still in has hands, he > placed it on this big piece of leather he had over his shoulder, to > keep the ice from making contact with his shoulder, to keep the cold > and ice block from getting him wet too. In hot weather the ice man > would also chip off some chips of ice for us kids. Sully