J.A. Waldrep was one of the first to open a wholesale business in Tulsa. Waldrep Wholesale Candy was located on the south side of _?__ street between Boston and Cincinnati.
Inside the store. Note the various brands of candies. A sign (by the chair) says, "Cigar 5 cents"
Business was good and sometime after 1908, he was able to open a 2nd location. Mr. Waldrep is 2nd from the left here:
This ad ran in a 1927 promotional booklet:
By now he had his own brand.
And eventually he owned this building on East 3rd Street.
6 comments:
Thanks for another piece of Tulsa history completely new to me. I wonder about the buckets of candy. This would be before the time of plastic containers but I don't see the slats of a wooden bucket.
I believe that is actually made of paper- lots of layers of paper.
The building on East 3rd Street still exists - it can be found by searching 1150 E 3rd Street on Google Maps though it's actually at 1209 E 3rd Street.
Nancy we now have the container from the Tulsa Candies that I donated 3 months ago. You need to ask Ian if you can look at it.
We have a container from the TULSA CANDIES that I donated 4 months ago.
Thanks Oakley!
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