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Everywhere a Sign: 1941
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 10/17/2012 - 11:41am.
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October 1941. "Syracuse ice cream vendor." Continuing the story begun here. Medium-format nitrate negative by John Collier. View full size.
I found the trees
Submitted by Ice gang on Thu, 10/18/2012 - 11:49am.
10 miles west of South Bend on highway 2.
Re Prescient Signage
Submitted by Don Struke on Thu, 10/18/2012 - 3:32am.
Top dictionary grabber trigger of the week: Adumbrated.
$.05 cones were available
Submitted by lindab on Wed, 10/17/2012 - 7:29pm.
at Thrifty Drugstore (now Rite-Aid) in So Cal up until the 1960s. The coconut-pineapple is still the best.
Studebaker Trivia
Submitted by Phaedrus on Thu, 10/18/2012 - 10:15am.
From Wikipedia: "...in 1926, Studebaker became the first automobile manufacturer in the United States to open a controlled outdoor proving ground on which, in 1937, would be planted 5,000 pine trees in a pattern that spelled "STUDEBAKER" when viewed from the air."
And it's still there.
Punctured
Submitted by JohnHoward on Wed, 10/17/2012 - 4:29pm.
It would seem some cheeky lad with a Red Ryder (or perhaps only a slingshot) use the ice cream sign for target practice -- with two out of three in the bullseyes.
Maybe next time
Submitted by LestWeForget on Wed, 10/17/2012 - 3:16pm.
take up the offer of the Free Melt-Proof Bag. That quart of Rocky Road didn't stand a chance even in October in Syracuse.
Prescient Signage
Submitted by Solo on Wed, 10/17/2012 - 2:00pm.
Roughly 14 years before the companies' merger, it is adumbrated on the dealer's sign in right background. Is it mere coincidence that one Syracuse auto merchant handled both Packard and Studebaker? Or did ancient aliens have a hand in it? Nostradamus? The Illuminati?
Expensive ice cream!
Submitted by Dunrobin on Wed, 10/17/2012 - 1:27pm.
That was some pricey ice cream! 50 cents a quart in 1941 would be equal to $7.89 a quart today. I guess I'll stick with the store brands.
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