Soda Fountain Wisdom : Wise Words from the Counter Top (Retro Moments)
Soda Fountain Wisdom : Wise Words from the Counter Top (Retro Moments)
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Book Description
Ever wonder why the ice cream sundae is spelled with a dae instead of a day? You'll find the answer to that and dozens more pop-culture trivia questions, all featured with nostalgic photos and illustrations. Soda Fountain Wisdom is one of a two-book series titled Retro Moments. These titles recall the days when Mom and Dad were teens. Old-fashioned photos and illustrations on every page appear with pithy quotations and comical quips drawn mainly from mid-twentieth-century writers-or with brief, entertaining one-page essays that give historical background to many aspects of twentieth-century pop culture. Retro Moments make great gift books, but bookstore gift-buyers probably will take home extra copies for themselves. These delightful little books carry their readers back to the days of drive-ins, roadside diners, fin-tailed convertibles, and the bright magazine advertisements of yesteryear.
From the Back Cover
[back cover]
The soda fountain was such a sociable place. Folks exchanged news, views, and wisecracks too.
Those bygone days are treasured in this sweet and stylish retro celebration.
Revel in the delights of a soda fountain sundae, banana split, or tutti frutti
Admire the way the soda jerk fixed a cola, ice-cold root beer, an orange, vanilla, cherry or lemon soda, a chocolate malt, raspberry float, milk shake, egg cream, or phosphate.
Return to kindness, humor, and wisdom, when there was time for everyone—young and old
Soda Fountain Wisdom : Wise Words from the Counter Top (Retro Moments),Wynn Wheldon,Barron's Educational Series,0764127268,Photo Essays,Photoessays & Documentaries,Photography,Popular Culture - General,United States - 20th Century/50s,Photography / Photo Essays
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