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The earliest references to Terceira\u2019s \u201cpirolitos\u201d \u2013 carbonated soft drinks produced by the firm Frederico A. Vasconcelos \u2013 date back to the first decades of the twentieth century. These beverages were made from concentrates in flavours such as orange, lemon, and pineapple. They were distributed in bottles like this one, with the colour of the contents giving a clue to the flavour, and were packed in wooden, and later plastic, crates.<\/p> \n

Around 1955, the factory was adapted into the building known for several generations as the \u201cpirolitos factory,\u201d which today houses the kindergarten \u201cO Baloi\u00e7o,\u201d at the entrance of Rua dos Canos Verdes in Angra do Hero\u00edsmo. The earthquake of 1 January 1980 rendered these facilities unusable, leading to the unit\u2019s relocation to the area known as \u201cAvenidas,\u201d on the outskirts of the city. The pirolito was manufactured and sold by the emblematic company \u201cFREDERICO A. VASCONCELOS,\u201d commonly abbreviated as F.A.V., which originated in Angra do Hero\u00edsmo but whose roots trace back to Lisbon at the end of the eighteenth century.<\/p> \n

Following the death in 1993 of the last family representative, Dr Frederico Jo\u00e3o de Freitas e Vasconcelos, the company was divided into two entities: FAV \u2013 Com\u00e9rcio Agr\u00edcola, Lda. and Frederico A. Vasconcelos e Herd. Lda. The pirolitos, succumbing to the relentless evolution of the market, disappeared definitively some years ago. The Museum of Angra do Hero\u00edsmo preserves, in the Frederico Vasconcelos Room, the generous legacy of the last family member, which documents the Industrial Revolution in the Azores.<\/p> \n

These items are part of the Science and Technology Collection of the MAH.<\/p><\/p>\n<\/div>

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