The Greek inventor of the soft serve ice cream
Athanasios Thomas Karvelas was born in Athens, in 1906, and at the age of 4 he immigrated with his parents to New York, and like most expatriates, when he grew up, he tried to earn a living by doing many different jobs, including being a drummer and a test driver for Studebaker cars. In 1932, he borrowed $ 15 from his then girlfriend and future wife, Agnes Stewart, and bought a used truck from the back part of which, he sold ice cream. On May 30, 1934, on Memorial Day in New York, Tom Carvel, as he was now called, was