Pick-A-Ninny Gum - Goudey Gum Co. |
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David remembers: "Dad told me when he was
around 6 years old there was a licorice gum called 'pick-a-ninny'.
One day, Dad came home from school bragging he had six pick-a-ninnys
and his mom promptly hushed him in front of their Negro laundress and
maid. (Pick-a-ninny was a nick name for a Negro baby)." Gale adds:
"In those days chewing gum was sold as individually wrapped sticks.
They were all laid out side by side under the glass case of the confectioner.
You would have to point to the stick you wanted and when the proprietor would
lift it up, if there was a "pick-a-ninny" underneath, it was yours
free." |
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Rare 1926-1933 wrapper from
The Goudey Gum Company of Canada LTD.
After 1933 the World Wide Gum Co. LTD
name was used in Canada.
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