Green Paper-Covered Boomers Candy Box
Date1930s
Dimensions4.2 x 10 x 20 cm
Credit LineCollection of Museum London, 2013
Object number2013.005.001
Label TextBoomers was a popular chocolate and sweet shop located on the south side of Dundas Street, between Richmond and Clarence Streets. The served chocolate sundaes, strawberry sodas, and milkshakes. According to the book "The Home Front London, Canada 1939-1945" by Bill Corfield & Hume Cronyn, "just before Christmas 1944, Boomers offered a small ration of home-made candy. The line-up blocked the sidewalk for hours."
NameBox, Food Storage
1920s
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