Ford Ice Cream Vendor Trucks, 1925
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Harry Burt, the owner of a candy and ice cream store in Youngstown, Ohio, perfected his chocolate-coated ice cream bar on a stick in 1920. He then hired a crew of salesmen to sell these bars in specially outfitted trucks. In this 1925 photograph, motorized vehicles are lined up ready to sell Harry Burt's Good Humor Ice Cream Suckers.
Harry Burt, the owner of a candy and ice cream store in Youngstown, Ohio, perfected his chocolate-coated ice cream bar on a stick in 1920. He then hired a crew of salesmen to sell these bars in specially outfitted trucks. In this 1925 photograph, motorized vehicles are lined up ready to sell Harry Burt's Good Humor Ice Cream Suckers.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
20 March 1925
Subject Date
20 March 1925
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.833.41222
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8 in
Width: 11 in
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