Local Food Sources. Frank Sobey atop the meat truck, 1920 Judith Ryan, archivist for Sobeys out of their office in Stellarton, referenced this photo: ”Frank Sobey travelled around rural areas buying sheep from farmers. This photo is circa 1920. “ The first Sobeys store opened on Main Street in 1939 and merited a very small […]
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Opening Day Sobeys Antigonish, 1954
Opening of the Sobeys store on Main Street, January 1954. Photo Courtesy of Sobeys, Inc. Opening day of the Sobeys store on Main Street, Antigonish, January, 1954 — the door prize was a washing machine called a Spiralator, brand name EASY. Found this youtube ad for a Spiralator on The Arthur Godfrey show but not […]