HISTORY AND EXTENT OF ICE-CREAM MAKIXG 133 



juices to the freezing of similar liquids, and tlien to the 

 freezing of milk and cream. 



Ice cream is said to have been introduced to the cit_\- of 

 Washington, by ]Mrs. Alexander Hamilton, at a dinner 

 that was attended b}' George Washington. 



The first ice cream advertisement on record is one that 

 appeared in the " Post Bo}-,"' New York Cit}-. June 8, 



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Fig. 30. — \'ic\v of large ice cream plant. (Ice Cream Trade Journal.) 



17S6. At this time, ice cream sold readih' at one dollar 

 per C[uart. 



Jacob Fussell, so far as known, was the first man to make 

 a wholesale business of ice-cream making. He was a milk 

 dealer in Baltimore, Md.. and adopted ice-cream making 

 to utilize his surplus cream. A few years later, an ice 

 company, becoming interested in the manufacture of ice 

 cream, paid Fussell S500 for teaching one of their men the 

 art of making this product. 



