Goudey Gum Company Boston... brief history

Ladder7

It's good to remember the past;

I grew up a Welfare kid in Dorchester and South Boston. While playing hookie with my dirty faced friends back in the late 60's-early 70's, we'd often pass by this old ho-hum, brick building, downtown on Broad St. and near Fanuel Hall. Until only recently, I realized the significance. This was the first home of Goudey... When their product took off in the early 20's, they moved across town to Everett St. near Harvard Square. I'd passed that building several times too, clueless.

As a History geek (Don't laugh, It happens to older men and it'll happen to you too.), I did some digging, but I now see that it was redundant, as the great collector Marshall Fogel had beat me to it. Thought I'd share.



Goudey History @ PSA


No doubting, after traversing the country and several collections, this tired Goudey's home to stay (for a while anywaze).

Griffins

Thanks for the link, had forgotten about that article.
Here's the web site of Ken Goudey, a distant cousin of the founder of Goudey Gum
Goudey

goose3

guys,

please post those links in my official yet possibly illegal goudey thread on the PSA forum!

Dand52261

I can walk to 113 broad st. from my office. I will check out the building during lunch.

RipublicaninMass

<< <i>I can walk to 113 broad st. from my office. I will check out the building during lunch. >>


Stay outta the basement it is all mine!!

Dand52261

I'm only going to look for Ruth cards . You can have everything else.

Pharber

As another poor Dot kid from the late 50s and 60s, I'd visit my uncle in Cambridge and he had thousands of cards (I think he worked there or a friend did). He said I could have them, but I didn't want them. I didn't care for them because, at 7, I was too young and stupid. Thing is later in life I got to meet some of the sportswriters who wrote the short items on the back of many of the cards and they were awful writers in need of a good copy editor.

Dand52261

Ok the building is kind of rambling that encompasses 110-120 ? broad st and goes to the next block. High end office furniture supply store on ground level. Many irish bars around it. No access to basement. One could see that it could have had a factory in it at some point.

Ladder7

Dan, Thanks for the update...

Could you possibly shoot a few pics of the bldg? Also, Would you be going by Harvard Sq. later?

Dand52261

Will try to get some pictures. Harvard square, no would be a 20 minute subway ride from here.

RipublicaninMass

I am close to Havard square, do you want pictures of the National Chicle building?

Ladder7

<< <i>I am close to Havard square, do you want pictures of the National Chicle building? >>



If that's what sits at 52 Everett St Allston (Goudey, phase 2), that would be terrific.