ICE-CREAM TIMELINE

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The THROUGH

A.D. 56–68 1782–1817
Roman emperor Nero
is believed to have sent American presidents
slaves into the mountains Washington, Jefferson,
to fetch snow to mix with and Madison treat guests
to ice cream at inaugurals
fruit and honey.
and special dinners.

618–907 1744

Chinese rulers have For the first time on
“ice men” lug ice to the record, American
palace, where it is used colonists dine on

to make a fermented strawberries and ice
milk treat. cream. It happens in
Annapolis, Maryland.
SPRINKLES

In 1988, the world’s
biggest ice cream
sundae was made in
Edmonton, Alberta.
It weighed more

than 24 tons.

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THE AGES HISTORY

1840

A serving of ice
cream purchased

on a steamboat
costs six cents.

1860

Most towns have an ice
cream parlor or saloon.

Vanilla is the most
popular flavor.

1870s 1880s

Ice cream makers The ice cream sundae,
offer many flavors, probably named for the
including chocolate,
day of the week and
tutti-frutti, rice, costing five cents,
cinnamon—even becomes popular.

asparagus!

1866 1878

Street vendors pushing The first mechanical
carts and wheelbarrows ice cream scoop is
sell ice cream and ice milk
patented.
called “hokeypokey”
in cities. ➨C O N T I N U E D

126 SPRINKLES The top five favorite flavors of

1890 1893 1899

A concoction made with Fried ice cream, Hokeypokey vendors
sweetened milk, also called Alaska in New York City

carbonated water, and a pie or fritter, start selling ice cream
raw egg, called a milk is introduced at sandwiches for two or

shake, becomes popular the Chicago three cents.
with men. World’s Fair.
1904

Ernest A. Hamwi
makes and serves
the first ice cream
cone, at the St. Louis

World’s Fair.

1893 1918

A magazine declares the During World War I,
ice cream soda—a mixture eating ice cream is
considered patriotic
of shaved ice, sweet because the United
cream, flavored States has a surplus of
syrup, and
soda water— dairy products.
to be America’s

“national beverage.”

127 HISTORY

in the United States are vanilla, chocolate, Neapolitan, strawberry, and cookies ’n’ cream.

1920 1925

Harry B. Burt of The first Howard
Youngstown, Ohio, Johnson ice cream stand
makes the first ice
opens, in Wollaston,
cream on a stick. Massachusetts.

SPRINKLES 1920 1930
Christian Nelson in Onawa,
It takes 50 I. C. Parker of Fort
licks, on average, Iowa, invents the Worth, Texas, invents a
chocolate-dipped Temptation chocolate-nut sundae on
to eat a I-Scream Bar. His advertising a sugar cone and calls it
single-scoop slogan becomes, “I scream,
you scream, we all scream a Drumstick.
cone.
for the I-Scream Bar.”

1921

The I-Scream Bar is
renamed the Eskimo
Pie. In 1927, it becomes
the first ice cream bar
to be sold in nickel
vending machines.

➨C O N T I N U E D

128 SPRINKLES One out of five ICE

1934 1935 1940s

Former radio salesman Ice cream is shipped Burton Baskin opens
Thomas Carvel opens his by plane from Salt Lake an ice cream parlor,
and his brother-in-law,
first ice cream store, in City, Utah, to Warm Irvine Robbins, opens
Hartsdale, New York. Springs, Georgia, for a an ice cream store.
They soon combine
Thanksgiving dinner forces to become
hosted by President
Franklin D. Roosevelt. one company,
Baskin-Robbins.

1938

J. F. McCullough and
his son, Alex, serve the
first soft ice cream, in

Kankakee, Illinois.
Shortly thereafter, they

open the first Dairy
Queen, in Joliet, Illinois.

1943

Military doctors
prescribe ice cream to
soldiers recovering from

combat fatigue.

129 HISTORY

CREAM EATERS shares their treat with their dog or cat.*

1973 2006

Boston taxi driver Dreyer’s Grand
and ice cream Ice Cream opens
one of the world’s
stand owner Steve largest ice cream
Herrell originates plants, in Laurel,
“mix-ins”—a choice of
candy bits and cookies Maryland.
added to a scoop.

1978 1985

Having passed a $5 A St. Louis, Missouri,
correspondence course custard stand owner
in ice cream making the blends soft serve and
year before, Ben Cohen
fruit juice to make
and Jerry Greenfield “concrete.” This treat
open their first Ben & soon becomes the Dairy
Jerry’s ice cream shop
in Burlington, Vermont. Queen Blizzard.

*CAUTION: BE A (SODA) JERK

Never feed your pets Find easy-to-make ice cream
chocolate, as it may be and soda fountain recipes at
Almanac4kids.com/guide.
toxic to them.