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Bill McMasters (Mr. BMC) had planned to produce all his playsets focused on American History, his untimely death after the company weathered the Mexican factory fire and a Chinese takeover, sadly cutailed his great project, but not before he rolled out his San Juan Hill set, which I bought in the 90s for 20 bucks.

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The first big street food hit in america was boiled peanuts in the civil war, but by the 1890s peanuts and popcorn took a back seat to the hot tamale man...

he even got his own jazz songs...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAi7IeJG-6Y

 

competition was fierce and big cities had syndicates that engaged in street wars and turf fights called

The Tamale Wars...  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-EQCVoEliw

here is an article on SFs scene..

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