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Article: COLLECTION CHRONICLES RESTAURANT PIONEER QUINCY EXHIBIT DISHES UP TASTE OF HOWARD JOHNSON
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- March 29, 1992
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On April 2, an exhibit will open at the Quincy Historical Society
examining the accomplishments of a local man who had a great impact
on our nation.
%EC%Howard Johnson.
He is the man who put turquoise seats and fried clams under an
orange roof. He put 28 flavors of ice cream on his menu when everyone
else served only three. He practically invented the modern concept of
franchising.
Howard Johnson got his start in the Wollaston section of Quincy in
1925, selling newspapers and tobacco to train commuters. With a
recipe that he bought for $300, he began selling hand-cranked ice
cream in his store. By 1928, he had sold $250,000 worth of ice cream
on Wollaston Beach during the summer.
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