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Old Photo - T lunch vendor

Post by Rich Eagle » Sun Jun 28, 2020 3:06 pm

Another Shorpy photo. Good use for a Model T.
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http://i.imgur.com/gzUFwtS.jpg
When did I do that?


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Re: Old Photo - T lunch vendor

Post by 1194668jc » Sun Jun 28, 2020 3:12 pm

Ha! That's cute.

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Re: Old Photo - T lunch vendor

Post by BE_ZERO_BE » Sun Jun 28, 2020 3:57 pm

Early Food Truck :D
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Re: Old Photo - T lunch vendor

Post by mtntee20 » Sun Jun 28, 2020 7:19 pm

Rich,

I have seen two more photos of this lunch wagon. I do not remember when.

Thanks for the photo.

Terry


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Re: Old Photo - T lunch vendor

Post by Wayne Sheldon » Sun Jun 28, 2020 8:24 pm

We had this one, and at least one more photo of the same car and girls, on this forum some time ago. I just looked quickly through some of the gallery, and did not find either photo, so it was most likely more than a year and a half ago. I tried moving almost anything that should be in the gallery over to it for some time after the gallery was started, so if it was shared during that time, it should have been there. There was some interesting discussion of the photos. I wish I could find it.


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Re: Old Photo - T lunch vendor

Post by Burger in Spokane » Mon Jun 29, 2020 1:22 am

Poor practice of "social distancing" going on there. This is an outrage !
More people are doing it today than ever before !

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Re: Old Photo - T lunch vendor

Post by Jem » Mon Jun 29, 2020 2:24 am

I remember discussion of the driver's door and whether the license plate was Canadian. Following the Shorpy link doesn't show me any info on place or date.

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Re: Old Photo - T lunch vendor

Post by Duey_C » Mon Jun 29, 2020 2:26 am

Our photographer was busy that day. I probably have them too Wayne. Find 'em? Hah! Good luck. :)
One photo of that scene makes a young lady look as tho she only has one leg since she wiggled.
BEST of the 2 or 3 Rich! Did shroppy have them back then?
I'm glad you posted that!
Dirty T with Diddle Diddle Dumpling cowl lamps. One shoe off and one shoe on.
I've studied their wares and get lost.
I had a cool cup of coffee, during lunch while baling hay, I was on the rack and it was the best cup I ever had.
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Re: Old Photo - T lunch vendor

Post by otrcman » Mon Jun 29, 2020 10:37 pm

Everybody sees something different in that photo. What caught my eye was the really nice installation on the top. Do you suppose that's the original Ford factory top, or was it installed by a private shop later ?


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Re: Old Photo - T lunch vendor

Post by 2nighthawks » Tue Jun 30, 2020 12:59 am

Lot of accessories,....spotlight, Hasslers, front bumper,.......nice car!


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Re: Old Photo - T lunch vendor

Post by Roverdriver » Tue Jun 30, 2020 5:11 am

Definitely posted before, but quite some time ago. Not sure if I posted it having found it on Shorpy, but there is another shot of the car on Shorpy posted there on May the 15th 2014-

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Re: Old Photo - T lunch vendor

Post by Don D » Tue Jun 30, 2020 9:38 am

The previous photo shows a 1918 Washington DC license plate on the passenger side and a Virginia license plate on the driver side. The photo is cut off so the two digit year below VA does not appear.


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Re: Old Photo - T lunch vendor

Post by ModelT46 » Tue Jun 30, 2020 4:46 pm

An interesting and fun photograph. An 1917 or 1918 model year Modelt T. This style came out in Mid 1916 as a 1917 T. From the use that this T has had, it is most likely a 1917 Model year. It would be interesting who in the photo is the proprietor of this food car. There is not a box for holding the food or a place to heat the coffee pot. I have an old coffee pot that type and size, but my T is a 1910. There seems to be a center door send in the background. The clothes of the people is very typical of 1918. Probably taken in the fall, perhaps late October.


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Re: Old Photo - T lunch vendor

Post by ModelT46 » Tue Jun 30, 2020 4:49 pm

it looks like a government building in the background. Has anyone suggested a location in DC?

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Re: Old Photo - T lunch vendor

Post by Susanne » Tue Jun 30, 2020 6:45 pm

Don't forget the Firestone 5 lug demountables (drool drool)... And yes, that is a DC plate on the front, along with a Virginia plate as well ... I don't see a drivers side door (there's a spare tire there anyway), but they probably had everything in (or over) the boxes in the back seat, and set it up once they got there...

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