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This Arundel Ice Cream was on 36th Street in Hampden, Baltimore Md. My grandmother, Myrtle Rassa, managed the store. She, my mother, and aunt lived in the apartment above the store. View full size.
I was wheeled around in a baby stroller like that back in the mid 40s. It is made by "Taylor Tot"
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