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Berner's Ice Cream Parlor
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View across road towards E.C. Berner's Ice Cream Parlor, where the first ice cream sundae is said to have been made in 1881. A woman is standing behind the open door under a sign on the left that reads: "Ice Cream." Two people are standing in another doorway under a sign on the right. Along the curb in front of the store are horse head hitching pots.
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