How was ice made before the modern day freezer came about?

by Sppooks
knoperope

These previous posts answer your question pretty well:

Before refrigeration, people had iceboxes. But if refrigeration didn't exist, where was the ice coming from and how did it get places without melting?

How did people keep meat cool without electricity or readily available ice? - the comment by /u/Searocksandtrees has a list of further threads relating to ice and refridgeration before electricity