*On this date in 1897, the Ice Cream Scoop was patented. Alfred L. Cralle, an African American inventor, was its creator.
The ice cream scoop’s patent number is #576,395.
Reference:
Created Equal The Lives and Ideas of Black American Innovators
By James Michael Brodie
Copyright 1993, by Bill Adler Books, Inc.
William Morrow and Co. Inc., New York
ISBN 0-688-11536-5
