Show Us Your Memorabilia
26 Aug, 2009
Posted by : JT
Dairy Queen® treats have been around for a long time. And in the decades since 1938, when J.F. “Grandpa” McCullough and his son, Alex, first invented the “Cone With The Curl On Top,” a lot of plastic spoons, paper cups, uniforms, T-shirts, collectibles, promotional items and, well… stuff… featuring our trademark ellipse logo have come and gone.
Around the home office there is no shortage of DQ® memorabilia. For instance, in the mailroom, you’ll find vintage signage:
In various offices, cubicles and meeting rooms, you’ll come across old product packaging:
Promotional items from days gone by:
Toys:
And more…
So, we’re wondering. What old-school, unique, or just plain wacky DQ items do you have around the house? Take a photo and e-mail it to blog@idq.com by Aug. 31. Our ten favorite photo submissions will be featured right here on this blog, and each winner will receive a $5 gift card.
And if, while you’re poking around in your basement or the dusty back corner of that closet you haven’t cleaned out in a while, you should happen across one of these:
You might be interested to know it’s worth $104.50.
ok, I go way back. A neighbourhood gentleman used to take me or one of my siblings (there are 8 of us girls, and 3 boys) one at a time to Dairy Queen on different occasions. As I come from a very big family, Dairy Queen was not in the equation, and that was what we wanted. So, Mr. Legge would take us, one at a time, about every month……you do the math……to Dairy Queen. That memory goes down in history for all of us. Does my memory serve me correct? Was there a whistle in the swirl of the ice cream many many years ago? I know you are asking for photos……hey, we didn’t have the money for the ice cream or to take pictures. But Dairy Queen is a very early and wonderful memory for me an my family.
Was there ever a whistle?
My Great Aunt and Uncle ran the Dairy Queen in Hillsboro, IL in the 50’s. I have so many great pieces of memorabilia that I found in their attic. My favorite is the DQ softserve cone whistle. I’ll have to dig it out and take a photo of it for you.
Please do! That would be great. Thanks Kelli!
Eileen — Great story — I love hearing the memories. I am sorry you don’t have a photo, and, yes!, there have been cone whistles available over the years. You can visit http://www.dqredribbon.com to find various DQ and OJ items for sale. I know that a few years ago we had some cone whistles, however I don’t see them available right now. Keep checking the DQ Red Ribbon site out for new and updated items. I hope this answers your question!
When will you be posting the photos of memorabilia that people have sent in?
And do you know what the final total was from Miracle Treat Day?
We will hopefilly be posting the photos in the next couple of days!