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Sir Thomas Johnstone Lipton, 1st Baronet KCVO (10 May 1848 – 2 October 1931) was a Scotsman of Ulster-Scots parentage who was a self-made man, as company founder of Lipton Tea, merchant, philanthropist and yachtsman who lost 5 straight America's Cup races. He engaged extensive advertising for his chain of tea stores and his brand of Lipton teas.
In 1871, Thomas Lipton (1848–1931) of Glasgow, Scotland, used his small savings to open his own shop, and by the 1880s the business had grown to more than 200 shops. [5] In 1929, the Lipton grocery retail business was one of the companies that merged with Home and Colonial Stores , Maypole Dairy Company, Vyes & Boroughs, Templetons and ...
In 1961, they agreed to sell Good Humor of America to Thomas J. Lipton, a subsidiary of Unilever. [17] Lipton also purchased Good Humor of Baltimore/Washington from the Brimer family. [22] In a separate transaction, the other franchises agreed to stop using the Good Humor name. Of the distributors, only Philadelphia survived as a company branch.
Graeter's Hyde Park. Cincinnati Founded: 1922 With a history dating back to 1870 when Louis Graeter began selling ice cream at street markets, the first Graeter's ice cream shop opened in Hyde ...
Shamrock IV was a yacht owned by Sir Thomas Lipton and designed by Charles Ernest Nicholson.She was the unsuccessful challenger in the 1920 America's Cup. [1] While the boat was launched in 1914, and soon towed across the Atlantic by Lipton's boat Erin, she was soon dry docked due to World War I.
The American coffee shop is as old as America itself, and the best cafes are — and always have been — more than just a place to sip coffee, but about showcasing the arts, cultivating a sense ...
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The fourth race clinched the cup for Enterprise after which Sir Thomas Lipton was heard to utter "I can't win". Shamrock V ' s challenge was plagued by bad luck and haunted by one of the most ruthless skippers in America's Cup history, Harold Vanderbilt. Sir Thomas Lipton, after endearing himself to the American public during 31 years and five ...