Sunday, May 5, 2024

Car trouble

[1701 Madison Avenue, c. 1939–1941. From the NYC Municipal Archives Collections. Click for a much larger view.]

Car trouble in East Harlem, found by chance. Is the man looking under the car wearing a hat? Hard to say, but I’m sure he owns at least one. Is that a Wonder Bread delivery truck? Hard to say.

What I do know: that’s a flower shop across the street. And those buildings are now gone.

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comments: 4

Anonymous said...

looks like wonder



https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1124001/

Michael Leddy said...

A great find! It is a Wonder Bread truck. I found a photograph of a toy WB truck, but the resemblance wasn’t clear enough: https://www.dallasmodelworks.com/products/cmw/accessories/221-30359.jpg .

Anonymous said...

37 or 38 ford????????

Michael Leddy said...

Is that what the guy in the photo is trying to figure out? : )