The pied piper of ice cream
Wouldn’t you love to have Admiral Robert Dennison’s job? This Naval Aide to former President Truman is pictured distributing ice cream to the children of residents at Fort Jefferson National Monument during President Truman’s visit to the site in 1951.
You won’t want to pass on this treat! Today at noon in the Jefferson Room: The Frozen Sucker War: Good Humor v. Popsicle Popsicles and Good Humor Bars.
These two American food icons were engaged in numerous legal battles over patent and market share infringements in the 1920s. Archivist Jefferson Moak discusses the causes of these legal battles and their eventual outcome.
(Photo courtesy of the National Archives at Philadelphia)
Uncle Sam’s Ice Cream Cones
A patriotic ice cream cone label, brought to you by the Records of the Patent and Trademark Office!
An heroic sacrifice indeed.
Best summer job ever.
Ice cream is a nutritious and wholesome food, enjoyed by over ninety percent of the people in the United States. It enjoys a reputation as the perfect dessert and snack food. Over eight hundred and eighty-seven million gallons of ice cream were consumed in the United States in 1983 …
Now, Therefore, I, Ronald Reagan, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim July 1984 as National Ice Cream Month and July 15, 1984, as National Ice Cream Day, and I call upon the people of the United States to observe these events with appropriate ceremonies and activities.
In 1984, President Ronald Reagan proclaimed the month of July as National Ice Cream Month. Now that’s a presidential legacy that we can all be proud of.
Look for more ice cream posts throughout the day!
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“A patron of ‘Sammy’s Bowery Follies,’ a downtown bar, sleeping at his table while the resident cat laps at his beer, 12/1947”
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December 16th is National Chocolate Covered Anything Day
Yummmm Chocolate!
