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Cotton Queen: 1940

May 1940. "Cotton carnival. Memphis, Tennessee." Waiting for her Royal Crown. Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott. View full size.

May 1940. "Cotton carnival. Memphis, Tennessee." Waiting for her Royal Crown. Medium format negative by Marion Post Wolcott. View full size.

 

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Nickey Bros

My grandfather was a fleet mechanic for Nickey Brothers Lumber Company.
He had started out as a blacksmith when their deliveries were still made by horse & mule drawn wagons, learning the auto/truck mechanic skills as the fleet transition to the horseless carriages.

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Ice cream in a "Sanitary Can".

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She has an appointment with Dorothy in Oz.

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When a customer could choose between Royal Crown, Pepsi, or Coke.

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RC Cola and a moon pie! It appears she is partaking of her moon pie, and she probably has just taken a drink from the bottle on the counter which could be an RC.

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