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Bassetts Ice Cream

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American ice cream company

Bassetts Ice Cream is an American ice cream company founded in 1861 by Lewis Dubois Bassett in Salem, New Jersey, U.S. Based at the Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, it is the oldest continuously operating ice cream company in the United States.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

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Bassetts Ice Cream is an American ice cream company founded in 1861 by Lewis Dubois Bassett in Salem, New Jersey, U.S.. Based at the Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, it is the oldest continuously operating ice cream company in the United States.2

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