Root Beer on the Boardwalk
FP-0100-PR-E01-025 · print
- Date
- circa 1954 Possible
- Place
- Jersey Shore boardwalk - unconfirmed Possible
- People
- Unknown Woman
- Tags
A woman in a pale suit and white cat-eye sunglasses perches at a stand counter eating a snack beside a big 'Hires Root Beer' barrel dispenser, the ocean and boardwalk beyond.
On the photoHires Root Beer
Research
Hires Root Beer was a Philadelphia-founded brand; the barrel dispenser was a boardwalk-stand fixture, suggesting a Mid-Atlantic (likely New Jersey) shore boardwalk.
Open question
Which boardwalk?
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