Title
Ice Cream Vendor with Hand Drawn Cart Pz Prom
Subject
Vendor
Houses Horse & Cart
WorkW PlayC IBP
Description
A typical hand-propelled ice cream wagon of the early decades of the 20th century. Pictured on the Penzance Promenade at the bottom of Morrab Road in the 1920s, it was owned by the Scoble family who were well-known ice cream makers of the era. The gilded headboards of the wagon read, "Scoble's Ices, Guaranteed Pure and Made Fresh Daily", A McVitie & Price biscuit tin can also be seen.
Publisher
Morrab Library
Date
c. 1920
Rights
Morrab Library
Format
Print
Identifier
OCC 6.002
Coverage
Penzance
Original Format
photo
Business Name
Scoble's Ices
Period Costume
N
Street Name
Promenade
Morrab Road
Morrab Road
Individual Names
Scobles Ices McVitie & Price