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After Saturday’s snowfall had blanketed the entire East Coast, other than here in Vermont, the lead photo seemed to be an appropriate image to start out this post. The location is identified as Columbus, Ohio and the image was taken in 1953. Clean-up operations are underway at this Sonoco service station, and it appears that…
Bibendum, the Michelin Man mascot, apparently first came into being in 1899, when Edouard Michelin observed a stack of tires forming the now famous tapered silhouette. The first ads appeared with the slogan “Nunc est Bibendum”, Latin for “to your health”. At about the same time, the slogan “The Michelin tire drinks the obstacle” was first used….
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