There was a Family... - 2383

Learn about the magnificent St. Louis World's fair and how ice cream cones were created. Take a step back to life in the early twentieth century. Travel with a family as farmers to factory owners and workers. There was a family... is about the life and times of an average family living on the prairie in South Dakota in the early 1900s. Travel back with them as they visit the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair and actually witness how the ice cream cone got invented. Opens April 30, 1904 and closes December 1, 1904. Celebrating the centennial of Acquisition of Louisiana Territory. Philadelphia 1876, Chicago 1893, Paris 1900, St. Louis 1904. Actual photos of World's Fair palaces , gondola and Temple of Mirth. The "Palace of Agriculture," Ferris wheel and giant floral clock. Family history of the Locken Family; actual photograph of the story's family. Norwegian heritage, farm chores and way of life, gathering eggs, milking a cow, feeding chickens and growing a garden. Caring for farm animals and hauling wood for a fire, summer and winter conditions, harvesting corn, announcement of the St. Louis World Fair, covered wagon with horses, Louisiana Purchase Company ticket, ice cream carts and paper dishes to serve the ice cream, vendors, waffles - Zalabias Italian folded triangle shape, problem - solving, critical thinking skills, great idea, working together to solve a problem, a new invention, selling food items, the World's Fair Cornucopias, newspaper article, Help Wanted, new jobs, new business, moving into town, city life, Webster, South Dakota, delivering cones to other towns and restaurants, value of hard work, close-knit family, a prosperous life, math story problems with answer key, Homemade Ice Cream in a can recipe and directions web site included, interesting story based on family stories, a heartwarming family tale: Andrew and Marie immigrated from Hemsdal , Norway in 1880. The Locken family lived on a large farm in Webster, South Dakota.
ASIN: B08KTZL7M7
VSKU: BVV.B08KTZL7M7.G
Condition: Good
Author/Artist:Monacelli, Darlene|Doria, Breanne
Binding: Paperback