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When I first saw this ad in the early Pierz Journals, I took note. I'd never heard of the Bridgeman-Russell Creamery but the name reminds me of ice cream and the public school in Sauk Rapids. So when I saw the name on the building just south of St Joseph's Church in Pierz (The photo below was taken from the church steeple in 1915), a light went on ☺. So THAT'S where it was!
But really, knowing what you know about our German dairy farmer ancestors, do you think the wording of the ad made ANY of them flock to B-R?
Me either.....
How interesting! I was just reading in my great grandmother's letters of the 1930s about selling her cream and she only got pennies for what I pay big bucks for today. I buy raw cream from my farmer and it is $10 per quart, Yipes!
ReplyDeleteBridgeman's started in Duluth. They had great outdoor ice cream "tub" sales in the 1960s and 70s when I was growing up. The freezers were out in the parking lot. The line at the store on the NE corner of 47th Ave E and Superior Street often extended for several blocks for those sales. They also served great burgers in their restaurant. Around 1970 Bridgeman's was bought by Land o'Lakes (LOL). When I lived in Grand Forks, ND in the late 1990s, I could buy Bridgeman's ice cream made by LOL at the local grocery stores Hugo's and Leever's (Super Valu). I believe there is still a Bridgeman's Restaurant near Target store #0004 in Duluth.
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