Today in history.
Contributors: Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program.
Publisher: Library of Congress
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Menches, Charles E.; Gibbons, James, 1834-1921.; Catholic Church -- United States -- History.; Cardinals -- United States -- Biography.; Catholic Church -- United States -- Bishops -- Biography.; Ice cream cones -- United States -- History.; Ice cream, ices, etc. -- History.
Other titles: July 23
Description: Brief history of ice cream featuring the invention of the ice cream cone. Several are credited with the invention including Charles E. Menches at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. Also presents a brief biography of Roman Catholic Cardinal James Gibbons.
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Illustrated by digitized items from the American Memory historic collections compiled by the National Digital Library Program of the Library of Congress.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Table of contents: title: The ice cream cone; title: Cardinal James Gibbons.