The New Ipswich Historical Society will host a talk on “Ice Harvesting in New England” at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 28, at the New Ipswich Library. The illustrated talk by Jane Hennedy examines a once-common industry, using examples from regional collections to explore food preservation before iceboxes, seasonal opportunities for “cold cash” through the ice trade, Boston ice merchant Frederic Tudor, known as the Ice King, and the industry’s decline with the advent of electrical refrigeration.
Hennedy is a museum professional with more than 25 years of experience and serves as site manager for two 18th-century farms in Rhode Island owned by Historic New England. Light refreshments will be served.
A snow date is set for 2 p.m. March 7.