Popcorn Wagon

ID: 1941 ~ Source: From the archives of the Howard County Historical Society. ~ Date: ca. 1910s
This file appears in: Kokomo's Historic Highland Park
Popcorn Wagon

Jim West brought this popcorn wagon to Kokomo for the Great Industrial Exposition of 1914. He frequently sold refreshments in Highland Park and, as seen in this image, they were very popular. After World War I, he operated downtown at Taylor and Main Streets, near the Indiana Theater. The wagon is now part of the collections of the Howard County Historical Society.

This file appears in: Kokomo's Historic Highland Park

By Howard County Historical Society
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