So I was poking around the InterWeb the other day and I found a brief history of the Grossman Family Lumber business, incorporated in 1919.
I thought that the entire thing was pretty cool and decided that Avi might want to read it some day, so I copied it onto the GFW site (with proper attribution, of course). As “bonus history”, I even added a little paragraph from my father at the end that explains the move into Real Estate, the current Family Business.
History, now on GFW: http://www.grossmanfamilywest.com/about/grossmansIncHistory.html
Also, I found a company selling some sort of “accessory piece” that depicts the Grossmans Lumber Truck, complete with catch phrase: http://www.abigailscrossinggifts.com/online_store.cfm?categoryid=7&ic=28
Enjoy!
Here Comes Grossmans
June 28th, 2010 at 5:23 pm
Back in the 50s on a family vacation through the northeastern states, we kept seeing trucks that bore the legend “Grossmans is Coming.” Seeing our name on a truck fascinated me, The grammatical contradiction stayed in my memory. I was looking for something about that when I found your site.
Of course, by the time my daughter was growing up there was Mrs. Grossman’s stickers and other things.
I still haven’t been able to find proof of the logo I remember, though.
Enjoying your site.
Len