Ice Cream Vendor with Hand Drawn Cart Pz Prom

OCC 6.002.tif

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

Individual Names

Scobles Ices McVitie & Price

Geolocation