The History of Ice Cream

  • First Icecream Parlor in America

    First Icecream Parlor in America
    George Washington and Thomas Jefferson served it to their guest.
  • Hand Cranked Freezers

    Hand Cranked Freezers
    Nancy Johnson patented a hand-cranked freezer that established the basic method of ice-cream is still used today.
  • Orgins of the Icecream Sundae

    Orgins of the Icecream Sundae
    Local soda fountains started selling ice cream sodas minus the soda which only left the ice cream and syrup.
  • History of Icecream

    History of Icecream
    The walk away edible cone made its American debut at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair.
  • Good Humor Icecream Bar

    Good Humor Icecream Bar
    Harry Burt invented the Good Humor Ice-cream Bar and patented it in 1923. Burt sold is ice-cream from a fleet of white trucks equipped with bells and uniformed drivers.
  • Esikmo Pie

    Esikmo Pie
    The idea for the Esikmo pie was created by Chris Nelson, an ice cream shop owner from Onawa, Iowa. He thought of the idea spring 1920 after he saw a young man having difficulty choosing between ordering an ice-cream sandwich and a chocolate bar.
  • Icecream Today

    Icecream Today