L. D. Bassett Advertisement

Title

L. D. Bassett Advertisement

Description

Bassetts Ice Cream Company, founded in 1861 by Quaker schoolteacher and farmer Lewis Dubois Bassett, is the nation's oldest ice cream company. Bassetts has been sold at Philadelphia's famous Reading Terminal Market since 1893.

Source

Library of Congress

Publisher

Pennsylvania Heritage Magazine

Original Format

Advertisement

Text

BELL, WALNUT 1771

L. D. BASSETT

MANUFACTURER OF
ICE CREAM

DEALER IN
CHEESE

READING TERMINAL MARKET

12TH AND ARCH STREETS

PHILADELPHIA, PA

Files

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Citation

“L. D. Bassett Advertisement,” The Land of Penn and Plenty: Bringing History to the Table, accessed March 26, 2025, https://pafoodways.omeka.net/items/show/145.