Chocolate has always carried a particularly strong place in childhood memory.
A chocolate Tootsie Pop combines the anticipation of a lollipop with the familiar taste of Tootsie Roll candy at its center.
But the real memory may be something much larger: walking into a neighborhood store, holding a few coins, choosing what you wanted, and walking out with a tiny piece of happiness.
That is the kind of ordinary experience American Material Memory is meant to preserve.
From the Artist:
When we were kids, discarded bottles along M-29 were basically money lying on the side of the road. Two cents each. We'd collect as many as we could, wash them with the garden hose and cash them in at Pte. Tremble Market.
Then came the important financial decision: What candy could we afford?
A Tootsie Pop was a nickel, which meant a few bottles could finance the entire operation. I doubt any of us thought we were learning economics. We were learning something much more important — money didn’t grow on trees, you could find it along the side of any road in Pearl Beach.
Chocolate has always carried a particularly strong place in childhood memory.
A chocolate Tootsie Pop combines the anticipation of a lollipop with the familiar taste of Tootsie Roll candy at its center.
But the real memory may be something much larger: walking into a neighborhood store, holding a few coins, choosing what you wanted, and walking out with a tiny piece of happiness.
That is the kind of ordinary experience American Material Memory is meant to preserve.
From the Artist:
When we were kids, discarded bottles along M-29 were basically money lying on the side of the road. Two cents each. We'd collect as many as we could, wash them with the garden hose and cash them in at Pte. Tremble Market.
Then came the important financial decision: What candy could we afford?
A Tootsie Pop was a nickel, which meant a few bottles could finance the entire operation. I doubt any of us thought we were learning economics. We were learning something much more important — money didn’t grow on trees, you could find it along the side of any road in Pearl Beach.
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