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PEZ trivia: PEZ actually stands for the German word for peppermint, “pfefferminz.” Originally, the candy was a breath mint created by a Viennese company, back in 1927.
Some 87 years later, it’s not so much about the candy as it is about the dispenser. Collectors of PEZ dispensers are just as obsessive as any other collectors, and the dip into their bright, plastic world afforded by the 22nd annual National PEZ Convention last weekend, at the Marriott West in Chesterfield, was a fascinating geek-out.
Photographs by Byron Kerman
