The route to Florida would pass right through Baltimore where children would run up to the wagon and ask for a small scraping of ice.

[3][4] Snow cones became available outside of Baltimore during the Great Depression and the Second World War because they were exceptionally affordable.

Their low cost earned them several nicknames including the Hard Times Sundae and the Penny Sunday.

The low cost of producing and selling snow cones created many straightforward opportunities for work.

After ice cream became unavailable at the home front, snow cones arose as a nationally popular alternative in America.