Yum Yum's Hat
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Title
Yum Yum's Hat
Subject
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Description
For over 100 years, UNCG students, faculty, and staff have been able to beat the heat with a tasty cone from the Yum Yum Better Ice Cream shop. This campus tradition dates back to 1921, when Wisdom Brown (W. B.) Aydelette opened his now-famous ice cream shop on the corner of Spring Garden Street and Forest Avenue.
At first, there were only a few flavors of homemade ice cream offered - vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry. But soon, the owner introduced a flavor he called "yum yum," an ice cream that is believed to have included soggy Grape Nuts cereal. According to popular tales, the flavor itself was never very popular, but the name was soon adopted for the store itself.
In 1973, the building that housed Yum Yum's was condemned and scheduled to be replaced with a new administration building (now the Mossman Building) for the expanding UNCG campus. Aydelette was able to acquire a building on the opposite corner across Spring Garden from his former site and moved his operations across the street.
At first, there were only a few flavors of homemade ice cream offered - vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry. But soon, the owner introduced a flavor he called "yum yum," an ice cream that is believed to have included soggy Grape Nuts cereal. According to popular tales, the flavor itself was never very popular, but the name was soon adopted for the store itself.
In 1973, the building that housed Yum Yum's was condemned and scheduled to be replaced with a new administration building (now the Mossman Building) for the expanding UNCG campus. Aydelette was able to acquire a building on the opposite corner across Spring Garden from his former site and moved his operations across the street.
Source
Artifact Collection
Publisher
Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Format
image/jpeg
Language
en
Type
Image
Identifier
https://gateway.uncg.edu/islandora/object/ua%3A296112
Coverage
Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
Citation
“Yum Yum's Hat,” A History of UNCG Through 25 Objects, accessed September 9, 2024, https://uncglibraries.com/25objects_items/items/show/22.