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Re: Earle S. Bowers Candy Co.

RBOWER171  (View posts) Posted: 5 Feb 2012 8:43AM GMT
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My mother Margaret Bower (no known relation) worked in the factory that was located on Lehigh Avenue and I belive Palethorpe Street. One of the best rteats I enjoyed as a teenager was the Peanut Brittle that she would bring home for me. I remember that it came in a small (too small I always thought) metal can which was brown and gold (I may still have one of the cans which my father used to store nuts and bolts on his workbench). Before I got interetsed in geneology and understood the concepts and learned of the digestive difficulties of peanuts, I had always hoped that Earle and I were related, he would leave me the candy company in his will and I would die a happy man, eating peanut brittle. We always had some around the house, it was my favorite. They also produced a line of mints which were little round white balls with red streaks running through them. Ate myself sick on them one Christmas. That can was Red and green on silver. It was not a very big factory, only three stories high, brownish brick and a small city block wide and deep. The front entrance was a set of high concrete steps and being a stident at Edison High School just a few blcoks away, where I would sometime sit on Fridays and wait until Mom came out. The building is still there (Google maps, street view), now called The Prevention Point and at one time was The Flame Supply Company. Although the building has been renovated on the first floor, the upper floors remain virtually the same although evidently used for offices or perhaps living areas. Wish I could tell you more about the company but I was never allowed inside the building except they ahd a small retail outlet where I could buy additional candies. The employees were almost exclusively unskilled neighborhood women working to help support their familes. The surrounding neighborhood has changed since the late 50's. It was one blcok from Fairhiull Square, adjacent to the famous St Christopher's Children's Hospital (which is now converted to a living facilty by the looks of the picture.) I am sorry I cant tell you more about the company itself, but I will say it is the measure of all the peanut brittle I eat and I have not found but one which could compate in terms of taste. Hope this helps a little.
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jacometc 20 Jul 2001 6:08AM GMT 
RBOWER171 5 Feb 2012 8:43AM GMT 
   

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