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T-Shirt

Object number2013.59.9

Manufacturer Hanes

Date2010

MediumCotton, ink

Credit LineGift of Robert Aloe

DescriptionWhite short sleeve t-shirt. Printed in red and green over the proper left breast is restaurant name and founding year.. On the back is an image of a sliced pizza wearing a green chef's hat (toque) with red and green text and decoration providing restaurant information.Dimensions0.25 x 23.312 x 28.125 in. (0.6 x 59.2 x 71.4 cm)
InscriptionsPrinted in red and green over the proper left breast is: "FRANK'S PIZZERIA / Est. 1958".
On the back in red around the image reads: "FRANK'S / PIZZERIA"; inside the chef's hat is: "ALWAYS / FRESH!"; in a green banner at the bottom of the pizza reads: "1958 AMBRIDGE, PA 2010"; below that in red reads: "724-266-2890".
Historical NotesFrank's Pizzeria uniform t-shirt. Frank's Pizzeria has been a family owned and operated business at 618 Duss Avenue in Ambridge, Pennsylvania, since 1958. Frank and Costanza Aloe immigrated to Ambridge in the late 1940s from Amantea in Calabria. Frank worked in the steel mills until the mid-1950s when he decided to open a fish market in the storefront below his house. Having been a fisherman in Italy, Frank thought this would be a profitable venture. It was not. Next he opened a pastry shop, which was another failed business. In 1958, Frank responded to an ad in the Italian newspaper Il Progresso about a pizza making school in New York sponsored by the Mastro Equipment Company. For $600 he was trained to make pizza and set up with a pizza oven, work table, and several pizza peels and pans. Frank's Pizzeria opened on September 22, 1958, giving away free pizza for the evening. In the early years, pizza was $0.15 a slice and $0.25 for two slices. Calzones were added to the menu in 1983.

Related person Costanza Aloe

Related person Frank Aloe

Related institution Frank's Pizzeria (founded 1958)

Related institution Mastro Equipment Company

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