() i’/eA/ JO y/eaf*&S / - 2002
IN 1932
• Stamps were 3 cents
• Yankees won the World Series
• President Franklin D. Roosevelt named Man of the Year by Time magazine
• 12 MILLION PEOPLE UNEMPLOYED DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION
• Biologists discover shrew
• British physicists split atom
• Parking meter invented by Carl Magee
• New toys - Legos and jigsaw puzzles
• Scotsman John Baird transmits first television picture on short wave
• Radio City Music Hall opens as largest indoor theater in the world
• Candy - Red Hots and 3 Musketeers Bars
• Zippo lighters were introduced
• Air conditioning introduced by Carrier
• On the Best Seller list - The Good Earth by Pearl Buck and Magnificent
Obsession by Lloyd Douglas
• At the movies - Blonde Venus with Marlene Dietrich; Dr. Jekyll and Mr.
Hyde; A Farewell to Arms by Hemingway and Horse Feathers starring the
Marx Brothers
• On the music scene - Stardust; Three on a Match; I Love a Parade; Dancing
on the Ceiling
• A TEXTBOOK BUSINESS STARTED DURING THE DEPRESSION ERA INFLUENCED THE
FOUNDER TO BECOME A PHILANTHROPIST IN AGGIELAND AND THE COMMUNITY.
AFTER OPERATING THE BUSINESS FROM HIS DORM ROOM
FOR 2 YEARS, JUDSON E. LOUPOT OFFICIALLY OPENED
LOUPOT’S BOOKSTORES (A.K.A. LOUPOT’S TRADING POST)
AT THE NORTHGATE.
The business is family owned and operated and the founder’s spirit
of giving to Aggies continues on with scholarships and donations to
Aggie clubs/A&M Mother’s clubs/student organizations involved in
PHILANTHROPIC WORK AND COMMUNITY GROUPS.
Thank You to Generations of Customers
We Appreciate Your Business Throughout the years
NORTHGATE
335 UNIVERSITY DR.
College Station, TX
(979) 846-63 12
FAX: (979) 846-0748
WOLF PEN PLAZA
1 907 TEXAS AVE. S.
College Station, TX
(979) 693-0838
FAX: (979) 764-7355
Website: www.loupots.com
SOUTHGATE
308 George bush dr.
College station, TX
(979) 693-2278
FAX: (979) 764-7273
E-mail: info@loupots.com