Baltimore County Legacy Web
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Ice Companies - Parkville   5655036
An interior view of the Parkville Ice, Coal & Wood Plant, also known as the Forrest Gesswein Ice Company, on Harford Road near Taylor Avenue in Parkville, Maryland.
Ice Companies - Reisterstown   5655030
The H.C. Miller ice plant on the Westminster Pike located five miles west of Wolf Avenue.
Ice Companies - Reisterstown   5415025
Burnham's Ice Plant in Reisterstown, located next to the fire engine house.
Ice Companies - Reisterstown   5383003
Burnham's Ice Plant in Reisterstown, located next to the fire engine house.
Ice Companies - Towson   3753011
May Albright Seitz and Samuel Clayton Seitz, co-owners of the Towson Ice Company, in their office at 25 West Chesapeake Avenue in Towson.
Ice Companies - Towson   3757009
This brick chimney was at the Towson Ice Company at 25 West Chesapeake Avenue in Towson. The bricks came from the dismantled chimney at the Phoenix Textile Mill in Phoenix. It was rebuilt in Towson after 1922.
Ice Companies - Towson   3754010
The Towson Ice Company at 25 West Chesapeake Avenue in Towson. From the mid-1960s until 1974, the site was used as both the headquarters of the Baltimore County Public Library and the Chesapeake National Bank. After the library operations moved in 1974, the bank took over the whole building, and subsequently returned about half of it to the landlord, Carlton Seitz. This part of the building was then used to house other tenants, such as the Towson Business Association.
Ice Companies - Towson   3755004
This Packard chain-drive truck, the delivery van for Independent Ice Company, Towson, was the first truck in Maryland to make door-to-door ice deliveries.
Ice Companies - Towson   3753010
The first location of the Towson Ice Company at 400 York Road. The firm was begun by Clayton Seitz in 1909 and kept in business by the family until 1942. At the time of this photo, the ice was manufactured in Baltimore and shipped by streetcar to Towson. The horse drawn wagons seen here were used to deliver the ice to local residents. The Packard truck at the left was purchased to haul ice from the city and also to make home deliveries in the hilly area of Ruxton. This site is now a Subway Shop at the corner or East Chesapeake Avenue and York Road.
Ice Companies - Towson   3753009
Samuel Clayton Seitz and his horse "George" at the first location of the Towson Ice Company at 400 York Road. The firm was begun by Seitz in 1909 and kept in business by the family until 1942. At the time of this photo, the ice was manufactured in Baltimore and shipped by streetcar to Towson. Horse drawn wagons like the one seen here were used to deliver the ice to local residents. This site is now a Subway Shop at the corner or East Chesapeake Avenue and York Road.
Ice Companies - Towson   3823B22
The first location of the Towson Ice Company at 400 York Road. The firm was begun by Clayton Seitz in 1909 and kept in business by the family until 1942. At the time of this photo, the ice was manufactured in Baltimore and shipped by streetcar to Towson. The horse drawn wagons seen here were used to deliver the ice to local residents. This site is now a Subway Shop at the corner or East Chesapeake Avenue and York Road.
Ice Companies - Towson   3753007
The Towson Ice Company was at 25 West Chesapeake Avenue at this time. This photo shows Samuel Clayton Seitz and an employee next to ice making equipment.
Ice Companies - Towson   3755011
Photo shows the exterior of the Towson Ice Company located at 25 W. Chesapeake Avenue.
Ice Companies - Towson   3755002
The Towson Ice Company was located at 25 West Chesapeake Avenue. Shown in this photo are cooling machines with a worker standing in the middle of the picture.
Ice Companies - Towson   3757008
This brick chimney was at the Towson Ice Company at 25 West Chesapeake Avenue in Towson. The bricks came from the dismantled chimney at the Phoenix Textile Mill in Phoenix. It was rebuilt in Towson after 1922.
Ice Companies - Towson   3755001
Photo shows the exterior of the Towson Ice Company located on 25 West Chesapeake Avenue.
Ice Companies - Towson   3755012
The Towson Ice Company on West Chesapeake Avenue property .
Ice Companies - Towson - Interior Views   3754009
The Towson Ice Company's delivery fleet from 1936-1939 as seen at the exterior of the 25 West Chesapeake Avenue building.
Ice Companies - Towson - Interior Views   3897033
Samuel Clayton Seitz (r) stands with an unidentified employee at the ice-making equipment at the Towson Ice Company on West Chesapeake Ave in Towson.
Ice Companies - Towson - Interior Views   3753012
A double-pipe atmospheric ammonia condenser at the Towson Ice Co.
Ice Companies - Towson - Interior Views   3754006
The Towson Ice Company's ice making machines from around 1930.
Ice Companies - Towson - Interior Views   3754001
Towson Ice Co. shows double pipe atmospheric ammonia condensers.
Ice Companies - Towson - Interior Views   3754005
Photo shows the interior of the office of the Towson Ice Company. The occasion was the signing of the change of ownership papers. The participants are identified as:S. Clayton Seitz (seated), his son Raymond A. Seitz (standing) and May Albright Seitz.
Ice Companies - Towson - Interior Views   3754007
The Towson Ice Company's compressors, both from 1925.
Ice Cream Stores and Snowball Stands   7792016
This store store stood at the southeast corner of Shawan and Fall Roads.

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