Background
Cralle was born in Kenbridge, Lunenburg County, Virginia in 1866 just after the end of the American Civil War (1861–1865).
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Alfred Cralle
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He attended local schools and worked with his father in the carpentry trade as a young man, becoming interested in mechanics.
Career
He was sent to Washington, District of Columbia where he attended Wayland Seminary, one of a number of schools founded by the American Baptist Home Mission Society to help educate African-Americans after the Civil War. After his education, Cralle settled in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where he first served as a porter in a drug store and at a hotel. In 1897 he received a patent on a type of ice cream disher (a scoop with a built-in scraper).
He later become an assistant manager in a local business association.
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