Sundae Best: History of Soda Fountains
by Anne Cooper Funderburg
University of Wisconsin Press, 2001
Cloth: 978-0-87972-853-3 | Paper: 978-0-87972-854-0
Library of Congress Classification TP635.F86 2002
Dewey Decimal Classification 394.120973
ABOUT THIS BOOK
This is the first comprehensive, documented history of the soda fountain. For one hundred fifty years, this popular institution was a community social center, both in big cities and small towns.
The evolution of the soda fountain reflected momentous developments in American history— urbanization, the temperance movement and Prohibition, the Great Depression, technical progress, the decline of Main Street, and the rise of car culture and growth of suburbia. The fountain’s evolution was also closely tied to trends in retailing, food service, lifestyles, and the decorative arts.
The evolution of the soda fountain reflected momentous developments in American history— urbanization, the temperance movement and Prohibition, the Great Depression, technical progress, the decline of Main Street, and the rise of car culture and growth of suburbia. The fountain’s evolution was also closely tied to trends in retailing, food service, lifestyles, and the decorative arts.
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