A taste of the globe
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The festival will run from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Tracy Community Center, 10th and East streets.
Main Street Musicians will provide entertainment, and there will also be door prizes and live and silent auctions.
Proceeds from the festival, which is sponsored by the Tracy Historical Museum, will contribute to educational and historical programs in Tracy, such as scholarships, upkeep of the Historical Lammersville School House, identification of local historical landmarks and hands-on pioneer life experiences for third-graders.
Participating restaurants and businesses include Strings Italian Cafe; Bluefin Japanese Cuisine; Sergio’s Trattoria; Thai Café; Mandarin Villa; Boyong’s; Musco Family Olive Co.; Island Gourmet; Texas Roadhouse; Banta Inn; Four Corners; Dhaba Indian Cuisine; Da Vinci’s Deli and Catering; Astoria Gardens; and Hometown Buffet. At a glance
• WHAT: 18th annual International Food Festival
• WHEN: 1 to 4 p.m. June 13
• WHERE: Tracy Community Center, 10th and East streets
• TICKETS: $30 per person; available at the door or at the museum, 1141 Adam St.
• INFO: Tracy Historical Museum, 832-7278
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Please put this artifact in Tinfoil's Borosalvy display box.
Artifact is: 1943 glass candy holder
Actual definition is it's a 'fantasy figurine. These candy-filled figurines were made thru the 1940s into the early 50s. Parents hated them,kids loved them. They were sold at Five and Dime stores when I was a child for 25 cents each.
The figurines were made in hundreds of designs. Fantasy figurines were the mold maker's imaginative concept of what something should look like. The figurine I excavated is marked 'USA' on both sides. It was meant to be a U.S. 1943 military tank. It even has the five-pointed star on it. This was painted white during WW2 (See white star history). But tanks only have one gun barrel. The figurine has two. One pointed forwards,one pointed backwards. Notice the split windshield and hood. That concept was taken from the 1943 Dodge military truck. And so we have a tracked vehical tank/pickup truck combination.
I have filled the figurine with multicolored hard candies and air-sealed the base with super-glued cardboard. This brings it back to exactly what the figurine looked like in 1943.
This was an extremely rare find. Perhaps only one out of a thousand of these figurines has survived unbroken till today. The artifact is a memory of a different time in America when a 25 cent toy would bring great joy to a child.