Chrome stools, jukebox tunes, and soda jerks in paper hats dishing out single scoops in homemade cones — this is what comes to mind when thinking about old-school ice cream parlors. These spots dished out banana splits, malted milkshakes, and sundaes drowning in whipped cream, long before boutique gelato and soft-serve machines took over. The neighborhood parlor was where summer memories were made, and these vintage photos take us back to sticky fingers and brain freezes.
1. Sitting Outside Eatmore Ice Cream Parlor (1930s)
2. Farrell’s Ice Cream (1980s)
3. Henry Rollins in His Ice Cream Scooping Days (1981)
4. Getting Ice Cream After the Ball Game (1987)
5. Ice Cream Shop Girl in New Brighton, UK (1980s)
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6. Birthday Party at Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlor (1978)
7. Boy Sipping an Extra-Large Ice Cream Soda (1950s)
8. Ice Cream Delivery Boys Leaving Their Michigan Ice Cream Parlor (1938)
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9. Kids Getting Cones at a Canadian Dairy (1970s)
10. Soda Jerk Making Malted Milkshakes (1939)
11. Soda Jerk Serving a Float (1936)
12. Ice Cream Sandwich Special at S.S. Kresge’s in New Jersey (1925)
13. Jerry Greenfield and Ben Cohen Eating Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream at Their Shop in Vermont (1980)
14. Getting Ice Cream Cones in Shady Grove, Alabama (1956)
15. Ralls Fine Ice Cream in Texas (1934)
16. The Shake Shack Ice Cream Stand (1970s)
17. Baskin-Robbins (1970s)
18. Hoot Hoot I Scream in Los Angeles (1928)
19. Segregated Drinking Fountains at an Ice Cream Parlor in Alabama (1956)
20. Ice Cream Shop in Cape Cod (1968)
In the mood for more summertime stories?
Relive the days of vintage soda fountains with 22 Photos That Bring Back the Magic of Old Soda Fountains, or scroll through these 15 Vintage Photos of Summer Camp. You might also like 23 Photos of Summer Vacation in the ’60s.
