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King's Pequot Ginger Ale of Westerly, RI
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Clover Club Ginger Ale, New England Bottling Co., Westerly, RI
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Billhead for Haven's Bottling Works, December 1, 1925.
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River Bend Cemetery in Westerly: the headstone for local businessman Charles D. Havens, and his wife, Martha Hughesman Havens.
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A view of the Seidner family's businesses on Water Street in Stonington Borough. Otto's father Jacob had a tailor shop, and Otto and his sister Sophie ran the deli next door. Eventually Otto left to open his plant in Westerly and Sophie continued to run t
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Some interior photos of the Seidner factory on Friendship Street in Westerly. This is where Otto Seidner made his famous mayonnaise.
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An excerpt from a booklet promoting the products of Otto Seidner, local businessman.
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A promotional giveaway from Seidner's Mayonnaise, during World War II.
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A label used on one of Otto Seidner's products.
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A mayonnaise jar of Seidner's mayonnaise, a very successful product for Otto Seidner. He began making the mayonnaise when he and his sister Sophie ran a deli in Stonington Borough. Everyone raved about the mayonnaise.
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A mayonnaise jar of Seidner's mayonnaise, a very successful product for Otto Seidner. He began making the mayonnaise when he and his sister Sophie ran a deli in Stonington Borough. Everyone raved about the mayonnaise.
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The obituary of Otto Seidner, part one. He passed away in 1973 at the age of 79.
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Part two of Otto Seidner's obituary.
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A page from a 1930 promotional booklet for Seidner's Mayonnaise.
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Probably from the 1930s, a giveaway recipe book from Seidner's Mayonnaise.
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One of the trucks for Seidner's Mayonnaise.
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The back of a recipe book from Otto Seidner, Inc. a local business. Otto Seidner was a Westerly/Pawcatuck resident and local businessman. He was most known for his mayonnaise.
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A young Otto Seidner standing outside his store on East Main Street in Mystic, CT. Taken around 1918 or 1919. He operated this store with his older sister Sophie.
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A photo of Otto Seidner (1894-1973), local businessman. Otto's parents immigrated to the US from Vienna, Austria in 1888. They met and married in New York City.
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A recipe book offered by Otto Seidner, Inc., probably from the 1930s.
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A bottle of horse radish sold by Otto Seidner, Inc. His plant was on Friendship Street in Westerly. He first lived in Stonington Borough as a child. Later he lived on Moss Street in Pawcatuck, and eventually he had a house in Watch Hill as well.
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A free giveaway promotion advertising Seidner's Mayonnaise. From the 1930s.
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This vehicle is from the Westerly Automatic Telephone Company. The men pictured are probably lineworkers. Westerly was the first place in the entire country to have an automated telephone system!
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Westerly Drive-In Theatre, Post Road in Westerly
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Westerly Pawcatuck Trivia Board game, year unknown, but probably 1980s
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Vars Bros on High Street, located approximately where Westerly Jewelry is at present. Near the corner of High Street and Broad Street.
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Happy Holliday Restaurant, was located at 157 Granite Street, the current location of Supreme Pizza.
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Dairyland was located at 165 Granite Street. The building was built in 1953 and taken down about 20 years later to make room for a liquor store.
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G3 80116 The Eagle Textile Mills, located at 53-75 Stillman Ave.
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F.W. Woolworth & Co, located at 64 High Street. Year unknown.
