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- The 1942 scrap paper drives were very successful.
- Delivery Wagon
- All you need to make you Go
- All of That
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- Watch your step
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- Still there
- Wrapped power pole
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New Baltimore: 1941
Submitted by Dave on Thu, 10/11/2012 - 10:30am.
October 1941. "Street scene in New Baltimore on the Hudson, New York." Medium-format nitrate negative by John Collier. View full size.
'35 Chevy truck
Submitted by Clare on Sun, 10/14/2012 - 9:01pm.
Dennis M,
The truck is a 1935 Chevy.
O.G. Hotaling
Submitted by EQJohnson on Fri, 10/12/2012 - 11:02am.
Orville G. Hotaling (1875-1954) is buried at Chestnut Lawn Cemetery, New Baltimore, Greene County, N.Y.
'40 Chevy & ?
Submitted by Dennis M on Thu, 10/11/2012 - 6:13pm.
Well we have a fairly new '40 Chevrolet sedan and the i'm going to guess the truck is a mid-thirties Ford. Not much to go on there unless one is vary familiar with the specific model.
Fro-Joy Ice Cream
Submitted by Mr Mel on Thu, 10/11/2012 - 4:11pm.
I found this 1929 Ad for Froy-Joy Ice cream. Fro-Joy also issued Baseball Cards as premiums. Some, like the Babe Ruth series, are collectibles but they were all in black & white and aren't as popular as the color cards.
P.S. Wheat
Submitted by EQJohnson on Thu, 10/11/2012 - 3:47pm.
The Greene County Examiner-Recorder of Feb. 6, 1941 reported P.S. Wheat and others attended Lodge the previous Tuesday.
The Calm Before The Storm
Submitted by landtuna on Thu, 10/11/2012 - 1:28pm.
And is it only me or do others also miss those old drug store fountain drinks? Is there any city in the world without a Coca-Cola sign? Ancient Rome perhaps?
Ah, the Frenetic Pace of Life!
Submitted by Solo on Thu, 10/11/2012 - 1:07pm.
Two seasoned layabouts and a young, saddle-shoed apprentice carry on the favorite local custom -- not doing a whole lot of anything. (In reality, I suppose, they're waiting for an inter-urban bus that will take them to their arduous and character-building jobs in the next town). I wonder if that's a Grand Union food market next door?
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