[Ads-l] Antedating of "BBQ"

[Dan Goncharoff]

I don't know if this is relevant, but there was a restaurant in Cleveland,
Poschke's Barbecue, started in 1910.
DanG


On Mon, Nov 14, 2022 at 12:24 PM Bill Mullins <amcombill at hotmail.com> wrote:

> It's hard to say if these are relevant but:
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> 1930 Cleveland Plain Dealer 27 Jan 22/1
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> W'house BBQ
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> 1931 Cleveland Plain Dealer 26 Oct. 19/5
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> Boschke BBQ
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> Context is columns of bowling scores, and presumably Warehouse BBQ and
> Boschke BBQ had teams.
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> 1932 Washington DC Evening Star 7 Aug sec 6 6/1
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> RESTAURANT, BBQ, extra good, receipts over $100 per day.
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> BBQ (OED 1938)
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> An article in Texas Monthly says the following: "In the August 6, 1936
> issue of The Breckenridge American<
> http://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth72602/m1/7/?q=bbq> there
> was an ad for Gryder and Hill Cash Grocery and Market. Hot B-B-Q was
> twenty-five cents a pound."
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> Fred Shapiro
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