Blocks of ice were brought for our 'fridge' and bottles of milk each morning. Ice cream truck came around twice a week in the evening after school. Miss those days. x
We did have a door to door (he actually drove around like an ice cream truck) service of chips, candies and bread in Los Angeles. It was called, The Helms Bakery. No longer exists.
After the "Gay Nineties", 1900 - 1909 was a quieter time
This decade began with a lot of changes: After 63+ years on throne, Queen Victoria died. William McKinley was assassinated and Teddy Roosevelt became President. Wilbur and Orville Wright flew the fir...
Old photos of workers and businesses from past decades
While we don't know what the first business transaction was, it is easy to imagine that thousands of years ago a good hunter bartered his excess meat for something more useful to him. In the history ...