Vintage Guru Reveals Her Glamour Secrets
The Killer Mobile Device for Victorian Women
Gloriously Grotesque 19th-Century Pipes
The Beautiful Chaos of Improvisational Quilts
Our Dad, the Water Witch of Wyoming
This 1959 Goggomobil Is Insanely Cute and Gets 55 MPG. Why Can’t Detroit Do That?
California Cool: How the Wetsuit Became the Surfer's Second Skin
The Unfiltered History of Rolling Papers, Plus Tommy Chong's Big Fat Jamaican Vacation
World's Smallest Museum Finds the Wonder in Everyday Objects
Fightin’ Femmes: Unmasking Female Superheroes with Author Mike Madrid
Posted 2 years ago
ttomtucker
(264 items)
After doing years of genealogy, I had discovered that my grt, grt grandfather was the founder and president of Fairmont Creamery Co in Fairmont, Nebraska. The company was founded in 1884 and only made cheese in the early years, by 1897 there were six creamery plants in Nebraska. In 1907 the company moved from Fairmont to Omaha. In 1947 the company changed it name to Fairmont Foods. By 1974 there were 3000 Fairmont Foods creamery stations that sold all types of dairy products through out the USA. In 1980 Fairmont Foods was acquired by American Financial Corp of Huston, Tx. Today Fairmont Foods is known as Circle K Stores. The last photo was taken of my grandfather while he was president of Fairmont Creamery from 1884 to 1897 the year he passed away. The first photo is a Employee badge, second is a pot scraper, and the third is a watch fob for the 40th anniversary of Fairmont Creamery 1884-1924
Advertising MirrorsThere was a time when it was not enough for a salesman to leave a business …
Watch FobsPopular during the Victorian Era, watch fobs were medallions or ornaments a…
Thank you officialfuel
Thank you vanskyock24
Thank you Bellin68
Kevin, Most of the items I have are purchased are after I had found out the connection. The watch fob, pot scraper, 10 years service pin, and a book called "Half a Century" of the Fairmont Creamery had belonged to my grt,grt, grandmother and these items had been passed down over the years. My grt, grt, grandmother took over as Vice President of Fairmont Creamery when my grt, grt grandfather passed away in 1897. She resigned in 1907 when Fairmont Creamery moved it's offices to Omaha.
Awesome!