And it allowed East Alaskans ( formerly known as Canadians ) to come inside to play hockey

@7f22b0d0…7e12e504 “In 1950, Frank Zamboni established the Frank J. Zamboni & Co. in Paramount, California, to build and sell the machines. In the early 1950s, he built them on top of Jeep CJ-3Bs, then on stripped Jeep chassis from 1956 through 1964.”

@7f22b0d0…7e12e504 — I wish I could easily be fairly certain that that was a real photo of him and his machine. 😭 If it’s real, the amount of oil/grease on his coveralls is impressive. 😂