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Cutting Ice at Spy Pond, c. 1850
Oil on canvas
Courtesy of Baker Library, Harvard Business School

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Patrick Hunt
Cutting Ice at Spy Pond, c. 1850
Oil on canvas
Courtesy of Baker Library, Harvard Business School

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Map of Fresh Pond, 1841
Lithograph by E. W. Bouve Lithographers, Boston, Massachusetts
Courtesy of the Tudor Company Records III, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

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George A. Parker
Map of Fresh Pond, 1841
Lithograph by E. W. Bouve Lithographers, Boston, Massachusetts
Courtesy of the Tudor Company Records III, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

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Madras Ice House – South View, 1858
Watercolor
Courtesy of the Engravings Collection, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

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Signed Just Gants [?]
Madras Ice House – South View, 1858
Watercolor
Courtesy of the Engravings Collection, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

Frederic Tudor, later known as Boston’s “Ice King,” made a fortune by harvesting ice from freshwater sources in Massachusetts, including Fresh Pond and Spy Pond, and shipping it to India. Due to Tudor’s successful enterprise, ice became a valuable commodity, and maps were needed to indicate property lines between owners. Tudor’s company built three ice houses – in Bombay, Calcutta, and Madras – to store its cargo once it reached India. The Madras ice house, built in 1842, still exists in Chennai.

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