The first wax-coated Dixie Cups were created at the suggestion of Weed’s Ice Cream Co. in nearby Allentown. They wanted a compact lidded container to hold 3 ounces or so of ice cream that would ...

The Dixie Co. was then sold to the American Can Co., which was acquired by the James River Corp. of Virginia. Competitors began putting out pictures of film stars on ice cream cups, and soon, the ...

Instagram killed the ice-cream cup. The giant, dripping ice-cream cone is the status food-photo of the summer. You know the shot — piled high with as many scoops as gravity will allow, held out ...