Beatles online exhibition
The American company who made this ice cream bar was no doubt responding to the huge impact Beatlemania was having after the band had stormed into the American music scene in early 1964.
The text on the wrapper reads:
'LUCKY BEATLE COIN OFFER
ENCLOSE 3 WRAPPERS AND 50c IN COIN TO RECEIVE YOUR LUCKY BEATLE COIN. ISSUED AND REDEEMABLE BY:
ALKING ENTERPRISE INC.
P.O. BOX , LOS ANGELES, CALIF
VOID IN ANY STATES OR MUNICIPALITIES WHERE PROHIBITED, TAXED OR OTHERWISE RESTRISCTED. GOOD ONLY IN THE U.S.A. ALLOW 3 WEEKS FOR DELIVERY.HOOD
BEATLE KRUNCH COATED ICE CREAM BAR
HOOD
SEE BACK FOR BEATLE OFFERICE CREAM WITH ARTIFICIAL FLAVORING, CHOCOLATE FLAVORED COATING CONTAINING SWEET CHOCOLATE AND VEGETABLE FAT (OTHER THAN COCOA FAT) EMULSIFIER AND VANILLIN, AN ARTIFICIAL FLAVORING AGENT. CRUNCH CONTAINS MALTED MILK, SALT, SODA.
MFD. BY COUNTRY CLUB ICE CREAM CO.
210 CROSBY AVE, PATERSON, N.J.
3 FLUID OUNCES'
We'd like to include your memories and stories in the new Museum of Liverpool's 'Growing up with The Beatles' exhibition and on this website. Are you a Beatles fan? Does this Beatles ice cream wrapper trigger any memories or anecdotes? If so then we would love to hear from you.
E-mail the Museum of Liverpool and tell us what comes to mind while looking at our Beatles collection. Please include your name, age, where you are from and your contact details if you'd like to get involved.
'Growing up with The Beatles' is one of the displays being planned for the new Museum of Liverpool, which opens in 2010.