[PRCo] Re: Lawrenceville Water Main Breaks 1950s

[Bob Rathke]

My mind recalls those Dad's Root Beer radio commercials as singing something 
like: "Razzle Dazzle Root Beer...Dad's Old Fashioned Root Beer."  Or, that's 
what I THOUGHT they were singing.

Bob 11/3/05

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fred Schneider" <fwschneider at comcast.net>
To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 5:36 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: Lawrenceville Water Main Breaks 1950s


> There is so much more than trolleys in that first picture ... the
> white Gulf dealer with separate wash and lube bays and an attendant
> who checked oil and pumped gasoline all for not much different than
> you pay today for someone to snarl at you from a booth.   And then
> there is the advertisement on the building for Dad's Old Fashioned
> Root Beer.   That also reminds me of their radio jingles.  Remember
> them guys?  Radio jingles?   Even Garrison Keilor hasn't tried one of
> them yet.    Not only were villages independent shopping centers, but
> so were neighborhoods in cities.