[PRCo] Re: so where was it?

[Herb Brannon]

Should have been Tower not Castle. I see why they sued each other. That's
why I thought the building in the photo may have been a former one, in 1979
out of business, and not on your list.
White Tower Hamburgers
>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
White Tower Hamburgers Type Private
Industry Fast Food Restaurant
Founded 1926 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin [1]
Founder(s) John E. Saxe
Thomas E. Saxe[1]
Headquarters Dayton, Ohio[2][3], USA
Number of locations Peak: 230
Area served Dayton, Ohio[3]
Products Hamburgers, soft drink

White Tower Hamburgers was founded in 1926 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and
with its similar white fortress-like structure, is considered an imitator
of White Castle. The chain was successful and expanded to other cities,
including Chicago, Illinois, Indianapolis, Indiana, Cleveland, Ohio,
Detroit, Michigan, Philadelphia, *Pittsburgh*, Pennsylvania, New York City,
Albany, New York, Boston, Massachusetts and as far south as Richmond,
Virginia.[4] During the Great Depression, White Tower sold hamburgers for
five cents.

The whiteness of the restaurant was meant among other things to evoke
hygienic conditions, and the chain had staff dressed as nurses, dubbed the
"Towerettes," to help make this argument.[4]


On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 16:09, Derrick Brashear <shadow at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 12:46 PM, Herb Brannon <hrbran at cavtel.net> wrote:
>> The White Castle history indicates that several were built in Pittsburgh
in
>> the 1930s/40s.
>
> Where'd you find that?
> "Selling 'em by the Sack: White Castle and the Creation of American
> Food" doesn't indicate any, and the
> White Castle/White Tower case which was settled 1932(?) resulted in
> them pursuing disparate
> territories.
>
>
>
>
> --
> Derrick
>



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Herb Brannon
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