Word: sodas
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...drugstore's inedible merchandise complements the cultural nostalgia produced by the soda fountain's presence. There are postcards featuring such Fifties idols as James Dean, Marilyn Monroe, and Elvis Presley. Antique shaving brushes and genuine victorian bath products line the walls and combine with the retro decor to evoke an even earlier...
Although the store has been in operation since 1854, it lost much of its original decorative finery over the years. Although soda fountains typically evoke the fifties, Billings and Stover actually abandoned their original design in 1947, concentrating revenue reinvestment efforts on the store's pharmaceutical business...
...recent years, however, increased competition from national chains such as CVS left Billings and Stover struggling to survive. By the middle of 1994, Madanian says she was ready to try anything to stay in business. So she recreated (as best she could) the store's original soda fountain...
Madanian points to a large photo hanging from the wall. In the framed picture appears an elderly man, garbed in an apron and standing behind the original soda fountain...
...Soda fountain fare features as many hits of yester-year as the pharmacy counter. Along with traditional ice cream and old-fashioned fudge made on the premises, the fountain offers such staples as the ice-cream soda and house special "Larry's New York Egg Cream." Apparently, the drink was named after a certain Larry who banged on the window the night before the new old-style fountain opened and taught the staff how to make a real New York egg cream...