Ice cream delivery wagon, circa 1880 (MOHAI 9894)

Ice cream was a popular summer dessert even before electric refrigeration. Recipes for flavored sweet cream and iced creams appeared in many 18th century English and American cookbooks. Fruit such as lemon, raspberry, and orange were popular flavorings, as well as vanilla, honey, pistachio, and chocolate. The first commercial production of ice cream in the Pacific Northwest was begun in 1926 by the Carnation Company.
In this image, a man leans against a horse-drawn delivery wagon which reads "Fresh" and "Ice Cream." The view in the image appears to be downtown Seattle, facing south east towards First Hill, and the large building on the hill directly above the man may be the Washington Territorial University, built in 1861 at what is now Fifth Avenue and University Street.
Caption information source: http://www.foodtimeline.org/foodicecream.html
Subjects (LCTGM): Carts & wagons--American--Washington (State)--Seattle; Horse teams--Washington (State)--Seattle