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|  | John and Charles Doumar
John (16 years old) and Charles Doumar (24 years old), owned Doumar's Cones, Candy, Soda, and Cigars Store from 1912 to 1920. Abe Doumar, an immigrant from Damascus, Syria, created the first cone at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis. It was such a success, upon returning to North Bergen, N.J., Abe designed a four-iron baking machine. He brought his parents and three brothers to America and they sold ice cream all along the East Coast.
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|  | Ocean View Park, 1920
Ocean View Park, 1920. During the Jamestown Exposition of 1907, Abe opened a business at Ocean View Amusement Park. When the Depression and the hurricane of 1933 caused the Park to decline, brother George opened a drive-in at the present site on Monticello Ave and 20th St in Norfolk, VA.
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|  | Wells Theater, 1913
The New Wells Theater, 1913, was an opera house at the time.
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|  | George Doumar - 21 July 1979
George Doumar and his ice cream cone-making machine, used at Coney Island, New York in 1905 for the first time.
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