Miscellaneous
Ice Cream Scooper
USA
Dad, Jay
My ice cream scooper is over 8 inches long and has a 2-inch scoop. It is silver and made of stainless steel. It has a hollow, textured handle. It has gears. It is also spoon shaped. On the lever, it says Myers De Luxe Disher Pat. No. 1903791 Pat. No. 2041200 Other Pat Pend.
After researching online, I found out that there used to be a piece of plastic called Bakelite that capped the handle. Bakelite is one of the first types of plastic invented. This ice cream scoop was probably made in the 1930's. On the handle there is a notch that says the number 20. Online it said this number tells us how many scoops it took to make a quart of ice cream but my grandfather said they did not use that scoop to make quarts.
The ice cream scoop comes from the candy store owned by my great grandpa. It was called Jay's Candy Store, named after my great grandpa Julius, who my father Jay is named after. The store was located in the area now called Mill Basin, Brooklyn, but then it wasn't called that. In the shop, they sold ice cream, fountain sodas, toys and candy. My grandpa was 15 when he started working at the candy store. He worked as a soda jerk, making soda and ice cream sundaes. My grandfather worked in the store to pay for college and dental school. The store was bought in 1945. After that, it was sold in 1951. Once they sold it, they bought another candy store. My grandfather kept the ice cream scoop and used it at all our family gatherings. My mom remembers him using it to scoop ice cream at one of the first meals she ate with my dad and his family. It was always my grandfather's job to scoop the ice cream onto the cake or pie.
Photo
USA
My Collection
This black & white photo shows a Jewish choir of young boys and men. This may be the Hebrew Free School of Paterson, NJ or the Mesivta Tifereth Jerusalem Yeshiva of NYC. The photo was glued onto cardboard and is not dated.
My father, Morris M. Tosk, of blessed memory, is the third boy from the right in the front row. He had a beautiful voice and sang with Yossele Rosenblatt and on WEVD radio. He gave Bar Mitzvah lessons as a youngster and always chanted Torah, never read it. He was ordained as a Rabbi in 1958.