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Retro Cool — Chillin’ at the Iceberg Cafe!

12/18/2019

 
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By Johnnie Meier
On May 28, 1931, at 3017 East Central in Albuquer-que, something very cool happened. An iceberg appeared! How could this happen? Was the iceberg transported by aliens to Albuquerque through a mysterious transtemporal vortex?

Well, there was an alien, a long lanky Kansan, named C.E. McAdams who claimed responsibility for bringing the Iceberg to Albuquerque, although it was unclear how he was motivated. It is interesting that in the opening day ad in the Albuquerque Journal it was stated that he would be serving frozen custard in "sanitary vortex cups." Aha!
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