[245 Mulberry Street, Little Italy, New York. c. 1939–1941. From the NYC Municipal Archives Collections. Click any image for a much larger view.]
It was the cat (or dog?) that caught my eye. I didn’t realize that no. 247, just north, was to house the Ravenite Social Club. I made my way down the sidewalk and noticed the cart:
I wondered what might be found at 734 East 6th Street, on the Lower East Side, or in what is now known as the East Village:
Buildings and carts, one bearing an address. The large cart suggests the rag trade. But look here:
Whoomp, there it is, sort of:
I doubt that this cart had any idea that it was featured in at least two — or more? — tax photographs.
After looking more carefully, I realize that it’s not the same cart - the 3 and the T of ST. are clearly different on each cart. And yes, to the reader who wondered about “at least”: I should’ve omitted those words.
Did you spot the woman at the window in the 6th Street photographs?
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Very nice
ReplyDeleteI thank you, and the carts thank you.
ReplyDeleteI never knew there was such a place as Mulberry street. Maybe Doctor Seuss lived in New York and kew E.B. White.
ReplyDeleteWikipedia says that the name of the street comes from the Doctor’s hometown of Springfield, Massachusetts. Odd (to me), because the name seems to signify nothing but the Lower East Side. I have no idea what the street in the story looks like. (I’ve never liked Seuss books.)
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