Monday, April 27, 2015

Where am I? (Part 7)


You guys who read this blog are too good! I’m running myself ragged from one end of Richmond to the other to take pictures as I try to stump you.

Maybe the image above will slow you down. What is it? Where is it?

If you know, click on the word comments below to give your answer.

Terry quickly identified the image I posted yesterday. The task was to identify the location of an old Uneeda Biscuit advertisement. Terry correctly said it’s painted on the side of a building at the southeast corner of 25th and Broad streets.

Uneeda Biscuits, which were actually crackers, first showed up on the market in the late 19th century, a product of Nabisco. It was touted as a cracker that was flakier and lighter than competing versions. It was the first to be packaged in what Nabisco called its “In-Er Seal” package to preserve freshness.  Before the Uneeda Biscuit hit shelves, crackers were shipped in barrels and sold in paper bags. In 2009, Nabisco discontinued the Uneeda Biscuit, saying the product was no longer sufficiently profitable.

I haven’t been able to determine when the advertisement was painted at 25th and Broad.

(If you’re coming in during the middle of this exercise on how well you know Richmond, you can start from the beginning by clicking here.)




2 comments:

  1. Home for Confederate Women
    301 N. Sheppard St.

    Terry

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