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Traveling Salesman: 1927

My grandfather had a number of traveling sales routes in the late 1920s and 1930s in Illinois and Iowa. One of them was for the Jewel Tea Company, as seen in this picture. My dad sometimes got to ride along on the route. This picture is dated 1927. View full size.

My grandfather had a number of traveling sales routes in the late 1920s and 1930s in Illinois and Iowa. One of them was for the Jewel Tea Company, as seen in this picture. My dad sometimes got to ride along on the route. This picture is dated 1927. View full size.

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The Jewel Tea Man...

was still making rounds in DC in the late '40s and early '50s.
I can still remember the cake and cookie mixes my mother would order from him, and of course, the Autumn Leaf pottery.

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