USPS "Soda Fountain Favorites" Forever Stamps, 2016.
NATIONAL BANANA SPLIT DAY! By Miriam Kleiman, Public Affairs
Gov't: Banana Splits are healthy! 1945 caption: "Medicine in the form of ice-cream sundaes and banana splits are enjoyed by the convalescing battle casualties at the 1st U.S. General Hospital, Paris, France." War Department, Office of the Surgeon General, 2/22/1945 NARA ID 531506.
Gov't Banana Split Story Problem!
Office of War Information WW2 $ resource for kids! NARA ID 515356.
No-cal, non-fat and "Good enough to eat"!
Ad for Plastic Ice Cream Imitations, 1917/1918, NARA ID 40910724.
From our DAYS OF SUMMER series! ICYMI: National S'Mores Day!
See also:
Frozen Sucker War: Good Humor v. Popsicle, Part I, Prologue
Frozen Sucker War: Good Humor v. Popsicle, Part 2, Prologue
Video: Cool Things at the National Archives - See our Polar Collection, Eskimo Pie patent, and State Dep't cables re: the abominable snowman!
Want to hunt for the Yeti in Nepal? There are Gov't rules for that!