They were first produced in Philadelphia in 1928 by Adolph Levis. The jars he kept them in featured a caricature of an elegant man with a top hat and cane that Levis dubbed “Slim Jim.”Our hero, ladies and gentlemen.An imitation of entertainment impresario and longtime variety TV host Ed...
When Markova stood on one toe, Filipino audiences gasped in amazement. For a stage, dozens of upturned lemonade cases were lashed together and covered with a canvas. Off to one side sat a group of Filipino women, who one by one were cutting open old military grain sacks. The flattened fa...