Katharine:
George Foster of Foster's Freeze:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foster%27s_Freeze
You'd have to do your own research to find out if he was of Portuguese
descent. My dad grew up in Inglewood in the 1940s. Not many Portuguese
there then. And none now.
Bud Foster is one of these guys:
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I grew up in Orange County and we had Foster's Freeze there as well
(although as a little kid I tended to mispronounce it as "Frosty
Freeze"), so I don't know how "local" it was.
Also, I stumbled upon this pretty interesting history of Azorean
immigration to California (with chapters on East Coast
Thanks for the Foster's Freeze link, Cheri! I'd never have imagined
it would be on Wikipedia -- but then again nowadays it sometimes seems
that the smaller subset is of topics NOT on Wikipedia (LOL!):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foster%27s_Freeze
I've yet to find any indication of whether founde
Katherine,
My great aunt and uncle had the franchise in Oakland near Castlemont High
from late 50s to mid 60s. They knew we were part Portuguese but never
mentioned a Portuguese connection.
Eric Edgar
On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 10:57 AM, Katharine wrote:
> Thanks for the Foster's Freeze link, Che
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