The picture raises two branches of questions: Who is the man in the photograph, and what are the circumstances? And what about the claim in the sign he’s holding? Is it a real representation of changing doughnut hole sizes through the years? We’ll break...
under the Sally L. Steinberg Collection of Doughnut Ephemera. Neither the name of the man in the picture, nor the photographer who took it, is listed by the collection.
But after doing some research, we can confirm the man in the image isn't McConnell, and the photo wasn't taken in 1978.revealed that the image was published by Newsweek magazine on March 17, 1947. The caption on the photograph reveals that the man pictured is Edward Falasca, who gained a bit of notoriety in the 1940s for his unique position — Falasca was perhaps the only professional doughnut hole inspector on record.
"Flexible fingers are as necessary for doughnut dunking as for playing the piano," Falasca is quoted as stating."As a matter of fact, harp playing and balalaika playing are the best ways to practice for dunking." According to the Santa Clara article, Falasca was tasked with enforcing alleged consumer expectations for doughnut hole sizes:"In New England, for example, the holes are one and one-eighth inches in diameter. New Englanders hate a three-eighth inch hole."
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