July 27, 2024
Tag: Dixie Cup Postcards
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The Dixie Cup Company
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Have you heard the adage that “Necessity is the Mother of Invention”? The Dixie Cup Company is an example of how the need for clean drinking containers came to be just at the right time. It all began in Boston in 1907 when a mechanical engineer, a lawyer, and several investors got together to create…
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September 5, 2023 4 Comments
Postcard menus and menus with detachable postcards were once very popular and soon became collector’s items. This account, partly from the diary of an art world celeb of the early 20th century, is filled with bits of history that are as savory as the Spaghetti a la Carlos – pasta topped with buttered green peas!