Ocean View Amusement Park "Doumar's Cones"
For more Doumar's History, visit the Ocean View Nickel Tour
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 Abe Doumar came from Damascus, Syria; and
created the first ice cream cone at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis. One evening he
purchased a waffle from a nearby vendor, rolled it into a cone and topped it with ice
cream.
It was so successful, he designed a four-iron waffle
machine and brought his parents and brothers to America. During the Jamestown Exposition
of 1907, he launched his ice cream cone business at Ocean View Amusement Park. On a single
day there, they sold nearly 23,000 cones!
Abe, Charlie, George & John Doumar |
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