From note with photograph - This photograph shows the facilities of the Pacific Fruit Express in Roseville, California as they appeared in 1960. At the time, the Pacific Fruit Express was the world's largest ice making facility. It was razed in the Summer of 1974 and finally closed its gates on December 31, 1980.

From note with photograph - This photograph of the Pacific Fruit Express Ice Plant was taken while it was under construction, in August or September of 1908. This ice plant, the world's largest ice-making facility, was completed in October 1908 and razed in the summer of 1974.

From note with photograph - This photograph shows one of the automatic icing devices put into use at the P. F. E. Ice Decks in Roseville, California during the 1950s. From the early days of the artificial ice making plant, the Roseville Ice Decks employed literally thousands of men around the clock. In the 1950s, much of the ice making was automated using labor-saving machinery as is shown in this photograph. Later, self-refrigerated railroad cars...