The Bes-Cone Factory

ID: 2080 ~ Source: Enoch Pratt Free Library, BG&E Power Pictorial ~ Date: 1926 July
This file appears in: Woodberry Factory and Park Mill
The Bes-Cone Factory
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In 1925, the Bes-Cone factory was set up in Park Mill by owner Mitchell Glassner to capitalize on his invention of one of the first ice cream cone machines. The company offered seasonal work in the summer months.

This file appears in: Woodberry Factory and Park Mill

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