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[[File:1945 Grayson's Ice Cream Southside.jpg|right|thumb|375px|Grayson's in Southside in 1945]] | |||
[[File:1949 Grayson's sign Lakeview.jpg|right|thumb|375px|Grayson's sign in Lakeview in 1949]] | |||
[[File:Grayson's Spinning Wheel Wahouma.jpg|right|thumb|375px|Grayson's Spinning Wheel in Wahouma]] | |||
'''Grayson's Spinning Wheel''' (originally '''Grayson's Delicious Ice Cream''') was a chain of ice cream parlors founded by [[Mercer Grayson]] in [[1937]]. Grayson was co-inventor of an ice cream freezer he developed along with [[David Stull]], who moved to [[Birmingham]] from Altoona, Pennsylvania in [[1910]] to organize the [[Birmingham Ice Cream Company]]. Grayson opened multiple locations, all featuring "Spinning Wheel" milkshakes, supplied from the main creamery at 801 [[20th Street South]]. | '''Grayson's Spinning Wheel''' (originally '''Grayson's Delicious Ice Cream''') was a chain of ice cream parlors founded by [[Mercer Grayson]] in [[1937]]. Grayson was co-inventor of an ice cream freezer he developed along with [[David Stull]], who moved to [[Birmingham]] from Altoona, Pennsylvania in [[1910]] to organize the [[Birmingham Ice Cream Company]]. Grayson opened multiple locations, all featuring "Spinning Wheel" milkshakes, supplied from the main creamery at 801 [[20th Street South]]. | ||
Revision as of 20:30, 4 January 2015
Grayson's Spinning Wheel (originally Grayson's Delicious Ice Cream) was a chain of ice cream parlors founded by Mercer Grayson in 1937. Grayson was co-inventor of an ice cream freezer he developed along with David Stull, who moved to Birmingham from Altoona, Pennsylvania in 1910 to organize the Birmingham Ice Cream Company. Grayson opened multiple locations, all featuring "Spinning Wheel" milkshakes, supplied from the main creamery at 801 20th Street South.
The 1st Avenue North location at 69th Street in Wahouma was famously decorated with sprayed-concrete icicles covering the entire building and drive-thru canopy with a sculpted polar bear on the roof. Other locations included 8 20th Street North in downtown Birmingham, 29th Street South in Lakeview, and 3rd Avenue West near Lowe's Skating Rink.
References
- Buchanan, Charles (2012) Fading Ads of Birmingham. Charleston, South Carolina: The History Press ISBN 9781609494834