Happy Asa Clam Spokesmollusk for Babbington "Clam Capital of the World"

BABBINGTON STUDEBAKER ADVERTISEMENT, 1950	N TIME, prosperity, at least relative prosperity, returned.  The new management at Studebaker strengthened the company by eliminating weaknesses.  They gave up on their unprofitable line of small, economical cars named for Knute Rockne, the football coach at Notre Dame, and sold the Peirce-Arrow company, which Studebaker had owned since 1928.  By 1935, Studebakers were selling well again, and the company was turning a profit. The Babbington dealership was sold to out-of-towners who paid its debts . . . Peter Leroy Herb ’n’ Lorna, Chapter 13	BABBINGTON STUDEBAKER ADVERTISEMENT, 1955
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y grandfather, Guppa, is a Studebaker salesman in “My Mother Takes a Tumble.”   Peter Leroy Preface to “My Mother Takes a Tumble” in Little Follies	BABBINGTON STUDEBAKER ADVERTISEMENT, 1951	tudebaker then took a step the importance of which can’t be exaggerated.  The company hired Raymond Loewy, the gifted visionary, as its chief designer.  Loewy’s arrival ushered in a period of daring, distinctive design that set Studebakers emphatically apart from other makes.  In 1950 he and the team he directed would produce the famous bullet-nosed models and, a few years later, the beautiful Starliner coupes, but in the opinion of more than one Studebaker historian, the Loewy designs would lead, ultimately, to the demise of the company. . . . Peter Leroy Herb ’n’ Lorna, Chapter 13
	Studebaker Links: The Official Studebaker Drivers Club Home Page The Unofficial Studebaker Drivers Club Home Page Bill Jackameit's Studebaker Page Studebaker Links Page Studebaker National Museum	ABOUT THE WORK COMPONENTS OF THE WORK REVIEWS OF THE ENTIRE WORK AUTHOR’S STATEMENT COMPLETE SITE CONTENTS LITTLE FOLLIES HERB ’N’ LORNA RESERVATIONS RECOMMENDED WHERE DO YOU STOP? WHAT A PIECE OF WORK I AM AT HOME WITH THE GLYNNS LEAVING SMALL’S HOTEL PASSIONATE SPECTATOR MAKING MY SELF A TOPICAL GUIDE ADVERTISEMENTS

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