Serious Eats
Photo of the Day: Soda Jerk Slinging Scoops
Photograph from Library of Congress/Flickr
A soda jerk working in Corpus Christi, Texas, in 1939. The term soda jerk came from the motion of the arm while adding soda water to an ice cream soda. Soda fountains were once ubiquitous at drug stores. [via Howard]