He developed 28 flavours of ice-cream for his Wollaston, MA, drugstore soda fountain, and by 1929 was franchising his name and products. He won exclusive catering rights on thousands of miles of East Coast highways, and built the country's largest private food distribution corporation before retiring in 1959. Glossy 5 x 7 Bachrach portrait, signed in blue ballpoint, “Howard Johnson.” In fine condition, with light paperclip impression to the upper edge, poor contrast to the first name of the signature, and impressions from typed notations to the reverse. RRAuction COA.
