Name/Title
Ambassadors Link. Lipton Retirees Newsletter. 9 issues, 1994-2001. Published by Lipton Ambassadors Club (Lipton, Inc.), Englewood Cliffs, N.J.Entry/Object ID
2010.054.0009Scope and Content
Ambassadors Link. Lipton Retirees Newsletter. Nine issues, 1994-2001. Published by Lipton Ambassadors Club (Thomas J. Lipton, Inc.), Englewood Cliffs, N.J. Booklet, 8-1/2" x 11" high, 28 pp. including covers; color cover, rest is in black ink; photo illustrated.
Publication about retirees, local chapters, benefits, etc. along with many images of former employees, death notices and obituaries. It does have some historical information.
1: Volume II; Spring 1994, [12] pp.; partial reproduction on pg [12 ]of The Link, Vol. 1, No. 1, Sept. 15, 1942.
2: Volume II, Fall 1994, 12 pp.; article on page 10 about Lipton Tea in Hoboken with aerial photograph ca. 1940s (Lipton Tea bulding with sign, Bethlehem Steel shipard piers with sign.) Article by retiree Edythe Masten talks about the Hoboken home of "Lipton Tea, Soup and, more surprising to some of you, Lipton Coffee." Lipton did not own the building. "Lipton rented only one-third. Standard Brands occupied the other two-thirds." "...home from 1919 to 1963." Discusses Sir Thomas Lipton arriving in his chauffeur driven limo at the Receiving Department and driven onto the freight elevator and "whisked to his office on the twelfth floor." (This page and detail of photo are imaged; text is in notes.)
3: Volume III, Spring 1995, 16 pp.
4: Volume III, Fall 1995, 12 pp.
5. Volume IV, Spring 1996, 20 pp. Pages 10-11 has 8 historical photos, "A Glimpse into the Past" with one being a view of the New York City Lipton building that predated the Hoboken building.
6: Volume VII, Summer 1999, 12 pp.
7: Volume VIII, Summer 2000, 20 pp. "Sir Thomas and the America's Cup Races" by Edythe Masten on pp. 10-11 with 4 images. Also on page 8 is a tribute to deceased employee John Millington who retired in 1991 as Lipton's Corporate Art Director after 40 years with the company designing materials for all aspects of the company including product packaging, ad campaigns, coupons and even company uniforms.
8: Volume IX, Winter 2000-2001, pp. 12. Most photos are printed in color.
9: Volume IX, Summer 2001, 16 pp., printed in full color. Page 8 has an article "Memories of Hoboken Days" by "One Who Was There." (This page is imaged.) Page 9 is a column titled "What's Happening Now" with "A Lipton Milestone" re a corporate merger with Bestfoods and becaming Unilever Bestfoods North America (UBF NA). Mentions that in August 1963 Lipton moved from the " Hudson East Building " in Hoboken to "new headquarters in Englewood Cliffs with 350 employees. The tea operation moved to its new facility in Flemington." Also in this column is a photo with new and old packaging re "the image of Sir [Thomas] Lipton will no longer appear on tea packaging."Acquisition
Accession
2010.054Source or Donor
Ryan, BobAcquisition Method
GiftCredit Line
Gift of Bob Ryan.Archive Details
Date(s) of Creation
1994 - 2001Archive Notes
Date(s) Created: 1994-2001
Date(s): 1994-2001General Notes
Note
Notes: 2010.054.0009, item 2: Ambassadors Link, Lipton Retirees Newsletter, Vol. II, Fall 1994, page 10:
DO YOU REMEMBER
by Edythe Masten, Retiree
I'm sure many retirees remember the building shown here. It, of course, is the famous Lipton Hoboken building, home of the even more famous Lipton Tea, Soup and, perhaps surprising to some of you, Lipton Coffee. According to the late Carl Wood, former Executive Vice President of the company, it was an especially good blend of coffee but Sir Thomas preferred to concentrate on his tea.
This is evident by the size of the sign Sir Thomas had erected on the roof of the building. Not only was it to be clearly visible from New York City but Sir Thomas wanted every passenger on every ship that sailed up and down the Hudson River to be aware of his product.
As a result of Sir Thomas's prominent sign, many people believed that Lipton owned the building. Not so. Lipton rented only one-third. Standard Brands occupied the other two-thirds. It was the company's home from 1919 to 1963 when the offices were moved to Englewood Cliffs and production to Flemington, New Jersey.
There may be some retirees who remember when Sir Thomas would arrive in his chauffeur driven limo at the Receiving Department in Hoboken, be driven onto the freight elevator and whisked to his office on the twelfth floor.
Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2010-09-14
