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Wawa celebrates 50 years

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Wednesday, April 16, 2014
Bubba, 2, leans out of his owner's pick-up truck parked in front of the first Wawa convenience store, opened in April 1964, in Folsolm, Pa., Thursday April 22, 2004. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma)
Tommy Summers, Wawa Milkman circa 1950’s
Early in the 1960’s Grahame Wood anticipated the continuing decline of home delivery service of milk and proposed that the building of convenience stores as an outlet for the quality dairy products.
Store #1 opened on April 16, 1964 in Folsom, Pa. American pop culture of the time also featured “great hits” like the invasion of the Beatles, and the introduction of the Ford Mustang.
People on the Go Ad - “People on the Go, Go to Wawa” was a Wawa slogan in the 70’s.
Interior Shots of a Wawa circa 1970’s
Interior Shots of a Wawa circa 1970’s
Classic photo of Wawa store
Mama I Luv Wawa ad campaign.
Wawa store in Folsom, Pa. from 1964
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Wawa celebrates 50 yearsBubba, 2, leans out of his owner's pick-up truck parked in front of the first Wawa convenience store, opened in April 1964, in Folsolm, Pa., Thursday April 22, 2004. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma)

Wawa celebrates 50 years of being an institution in the Philadelphia area.

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