History of the Ice Cream Cone

The times of the Cone

Period: Jan 1, 1770 to Dec 31, 1924

This timeline holds the most important events in the ice cream cones history.

Cone Recipe Found

Nov 18, 1770

Researchers have found a cook book that mentions pastries and cream in the same recipe.

Painting

Oct 1, 1807

In 1807 a painting shows a women eating out of a cone.

Mrs Marshall

Apr 21, 1888

Mrs Marshall's cookery book contains the first mention of cones used to serve ice cream.

Italo Marchiony

Nov 19, 1896

Italo Marchiony begins selling ice cream in a container from his pushcart in New York City

Antonio Valvona

Apr 8, 1901

Antonio Valvona (A.Valvona & Co. Ltd) was an ice cream manufacturer in England.

Antonio makes ice cream biscuit cups

Nov 19, 1902

Antonio Valvona invents and patents a machine for creating ice cream biscuit cups

Italo gets patent for ice cream mold machine

Sep 20, 1903

Italo Marchiony, New York, NY granted patent for ice cream mold making machine.

World's Fair

Apr 30, 1904

St. Louis, Missouri hosts the World's Fair, Louisiana Purchase Exposition and the Olympics. More than 50 ice cream vendors and more than a dozen waffle stands were working the events.

The Ice Cream Cones Name

Nov 13, 1909

The "World's Fair Cornucopia" are renamed "ice cream cones".

Leonard L. Westling

Nov 19, 1909

Leonard L. Westling, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania invents and patents Edible-Cone Shaper.

John P. Groset

Nov 19, 1911

John P. Groset, Bothell, Washington invents and patents Ice Cream Cone Cooking Apparatus.

John P Groset Improves Patent

Jul 19, 1913

John P. Groset, Bothell, Washington improves and patents Ice Cream Cone Cooking Machine

Frederick Bruckman

Nov 19, 1913

Frederick Bruckman, from Portland, Oregon, patented a machine for making rolled cones.

Albert George

Sep 19, 1918

Albert George, along with other family members started the George & Thomas Cone Company

Carl R. Taylor

Nov 19, 1924

The patent for an ice cream Cone Rolling Machine issued to Carl R. Taylor of Cleveland, Ohio

Summing it up

Nov 19, 2015

The cone obviously gained popularity, Americans were consuming 245 million cones per year.
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