Month: July 2020

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National Ice Cream Day

Hey Y’all, Happy National Ice Cream Day. Check out these two photos of historic cones from Skokie Public Library and Mount Prospect Public Library.

black and white photo of early 20th century young women eating ice cream while sitting on the hood of an ice cream truck.
Girls Eating Ice Cream. c. 1920. Skokie Historical Society via Skokie Public Library. Skokie History Project.
black and white photo of the exterior of an ice cream parlor building.
Rober Ninnemann’s Ice Cream Parlor, 1925. Mount Prospect Public Library, Mount Prospect History.

You can view more of Skokie Public Library and Mount Prospect Public Library on the IDHH, or everything on ice cream in the IDHH.