"Eat-It-All" Ice Cream Cone Collection

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
Newman Library
Virginia Tech
P.O. Box 90001
560 Drillfield Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (540) 231-6308
Fax: (540) 231-3694
Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], "Eat-It-All" Ice Cream Cone Collection, c.1940s-1950s, Ms2025-067, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
3.0 Cubic Feet 3 folders
Abstract:
This collection consists of approximately 70 full-color Eat-It-All Ice Cream Cone display and price cards, likely from the late 1940s or early 1950s.
Language:
Materials in this collection are in English.
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], "Eat-It-All" Ice Cream Cone Collection, c.1940s-1950s, Ms2025-067, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of approximately 70 full-color Eat-It-All Ice Cream Cone display and price cards, likely from the late 1940s or early 1950s. Mounted on oversized black cardstock, these may have previously been part of a saleman's sample kit or other advertising portfolio. The ads include different ice cream cone items from Eat-It-All Ice Cream Cones, the makers of the Flavorized Flare Top cone, the Crispy Cake Eat-It-All Cone, and the Honey Roll Sugar Cone. Several of the ads feature the same characters (family members, a cowboy and cowgirl, a policeman), and several have spaces for cone prices to be used in stores.

Acquisition information:
The "Eat-It-All" Ice Cream Cone Collection was purchased by Special Collections and University Archives in February 2025.
Processing information:

The processing, arrangement, and description of the "Eat-It-All" Ice Cream Cone Collection was completed in August 2025.

Arrangement:

The individual advertisement are mounted on oversized black paper, usually with several ads to each page, in no particular order. The ads have not been removed from the paper mounting, but they have been placed in three separate folders, due to their size and weight, for ease of moving.

Indexed terms

Subjects:
History of Food and Drink
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