How were drinks and foodstuffs kept cold prior to the invention of refrigeration, and in historical times how did people procure and preserve ice? - Quora
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How were drinks and foodstuffs kept cold prior to the invention of refrigeration, and in historical times how did people procure and preserve ice? - Quora
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Keeping your (food) cool: From ice harvesting to electric refrigeration | National Museum of American History
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