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THE COLONEL HAD A ‘HUMP’ DAY IN EGYPT

KFC's "Colonel Sanders" sight-seeing during his trip to Egypt in the 1970s.

The king of fast-food fried chicken, KFC’s "Colonel Harland Sanders" sight-seeing during his trip to Egypt in the 1970s.

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BOB’S BIG BOY STARTED OUT SMALL

In 1936, Bob Wian sold his prized DeSoto Roadster to purchase a small hamburger stand in ...


Bob Wian (below) was the founder of the
Big Boy restaurant
chain which began as a 10-stool
hamburger stand in Glendale,
California
, opening in 1936 with an investment of $300
raised from the sale of his car.

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Bob Wian: Who with just $350 founded what became a giant restaurant chain
Robert C. Wian (June 15, 1914 – March 31, 1992)

Owner and Proprietor Bob Wian in the very first Bob's Pantry 1938 Glendale, Circa - Yelp

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AMERICAS MOST FAMOUS DESSERT IN 1952

vintage advertising: 1952 JELLO SUMMER AD

The "Jell-O" brand is a registered trademark of Kraft
Heinz
, and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

In 1897, in LeRoy, New York, carpenter and cough
syrup manufacturer Pearle Bixby Wait trademarked
a gelatin dessert called "Jell-O". Wait and his wife,
May, added
strawberry, raspberry, orange, and lemon
flavoring to granulated gelatin and sugar.


Pearle Bixby Wait (1873 – 1915)

Grant Bodison on emaze

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I LOST THE BET EVERYTIME AND STILL DO!

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In 1932, salesman Herman Lay opened a snack food operation in Nashville, Tennessee. In 1938, he purchased the Atlanta, Georgia
based potato chip manufacturer "Barrett Food Company",
renaming it "H.W. Lay Lingo & Company".

Lay crisscrossed the  southern United States, selling the product
from the trunk of his
car.

The business shortened its name to "the Lay’s Lay Lingo Company"
in 1944 and became the first snack food manufacturer to purchase
television commercials, using Bert Lahr as its celebrity
spokesperson.


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Herman Warden Lay
(March 6, 1909 – December 6, 1982)

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Bert Lahr (Irving Lahrheim)
(August 13, 1895 – December 4, 1967)

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ENJOY HOME GOODNESS IN THE DINING-CAR

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