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- 1929: Tom Carvel began selling ice cream from a mobile truckOfficial Site: Carvel History
- Carvel borrowed $15 from his future wife, Agnes Stewart, to start his companyOfficial Site: Carvel History
- 1934: Carvel's vending truck has a flat tire in Hartsdale, NY during Memorial Day Weekend. He sold his melting ice cream from his broken down truck, establishing the first retail ice cream company in the United StatesOfficial Site: Carvel History
- 1935: Began to manufactured and sell equipment to the ice cream industryOfficial Site: Carvel History
- 1936: Founded the Carvel Corporation and opened first store on the site his truck broke down in Hartsdale, NYOfficial Site: Carvel History
- 1936: Awarded a patent for a "no air pump" super-low temperature ice cream machine, developed a secret formula for soft serve ice cream and introduced "buy-one-get-one-free" conceptOfficial Site: Carvel History
- 1937: Tom Carvel and Agnes Stewart marriedOfficial Site: Carvel History
- 1947: Patented all-glass front building with pitched roof and became the first to franchise a retail ice cream store in the U.S.Official Site: Carvel History
- 1949: Established franchisee training seminar, Carvel College of Ice Cream Knowledge, which became known as Sundae SchoolOfficial Site: Carvel History
- 1951: Introduced round ice cream sandwich, the Flying SaucerOfficial Site: Carvel History
- 1954: First annual "Little Miss Half Pint" beauty pageant for children under the age of sixOfficial Site: Carvel History
- 1969: Developed complete line of all-Kosher productsOfficial Site: Carvel History
- 1990: Founder and CEO, Tom Carvel, died in his sleepOfficial Site: Carvel History
- 2004: FOCUS Brands was created when Carvel joined with Cinnabon and Seattle's Best Coffee InternationalOfficial Site: Carvel History
- 2006: 30th anniversary of Fudgie the WhaleOfficial Site: Carvel History
- April 30, 2009: Free 8-ounce icebergs are available from 3pm to 7pm at participating stores
- Icebergs are a frozen drink which blends Carvel's signature vanilla ice cream flavoring with Fanta Orange, Barq's Root Beer or Coke-a-Cola and ice and then topped with premium soft serveWPIX: Celebrate Carvel's 75th Anniversary (April 30, 2009)
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Carvel is an American ice cream franchise found by Tom Carvel. To celebrate Carvel's 75th anniversary on April 30, 2009, participating locations offered a free 8-ounce Iceberg frozen drink between 3 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Known for their soft serve ice cream, Carvel also featured iconic ice cream cakes including Fudgie the Whale, Hug Me the Bear and Cookie Puss as well as round Flying Saucer ice cream sandwiches.WPIX: Celebrate Carvel's 75th Anniversary (April 30, 2009)
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