Not only was Julia Waldbaum a real person, she shopped in our local Waldbaum's on Nostrand Ave and her grandson, Robert was in my high school class.
It was really fun to watch her go through the check out line and then walk over to the manager's cage...maybe to get a refund? We didn't know, but my mother and I always thought that was what she was doing. I do believe she was the only shopper who had a car and driver waiting for her outside, but she was an important member of the Midwood neighborhood community and still there when we left in 1972.
My husband has just branded his new line of nutritional supplements with an illustration of his portrait, and it reminded that Mrs. Waldbaum was probably the first to do it....
Not only was Julia Waldbaum a real person, she shopped in our local Waldbaum's on Nostrand Ave and her grandson, Robert was in my high school class.
It was really fun to watch her go through the check out line and then walk over to the manager's cage...maybe to get a refund? We didn't know, but my mother and I always thought that was what she was doing. I do believe she was the only shopper who had a car and driver waiting for her outside, but she was an important member of the Midwood neighborhood community and still there when we left in 1972.
My husband has just branded his new line of nutritional supplements with an illustration of his portrait, and it reminded that Mrs. Waldbaum was probably the first to do it....