Place
Atlantic City
Seaside city in New Jersey, U.S., known for its boardwalk.
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involved in
- First Foster Grant sunglasses sold on the Atlantic City boardwalk (1929) the boardwalk where the first pairs were sold Self-published 1
location of
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Foster Grant ten-cent sunglasses
Scholarship & press
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Where the first pairs were sold.
Proof 2 sources
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About us, Foster Grant.
Self-published
In 1929, Sam Foster sold his first pair of sunglasses on the Atlantic City boardwalk, and launched not just a company but a nationwide demand for The Original American Sunglass Brand®.
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Shades of Greatness: Foster Grant Sunglasses, Yankee Magazine, 31 May 2019.
Scholarship & press
Foster Grant pioneered them as a fashion item, selling its first pair in 1929 at a Woolworth’s on the Atlantic City Boardwalk.
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