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What Philadelphia business is the oldest ice cream company in the United States?

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What Philadelphia business is the oldest ice cream company in the United States?

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Bassett’s has been making ice cream since 1861. It was founded by Louis Dubois Bassett who had an ice cream stand at 5th and Market Streets. Source: Philly Firsts: The Famous, Infamous, and Quirky of the City of Brotherly Love, 1999, p.104, Janice L.