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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.
10 miles west of South Bend on highway 2.
Top dictionary grabber trigger of the week: Adumbrated.
at Thrifty Drugstore (now Rite-Aid) in So Cal up until the 1960s. The coconut-pineapple is still the best.
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.
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.
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?
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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