The Velvet Kind: 1920

It seems that The Velvet Kind was all the rage in this era. There's a window ad for it in the People's Drug at North Capitol & H Street NE; detail below.

And there's a reflection in the display window of the tire shop at 1218 North Capitol.

Those garage doors are fantastic. There are a few restored buildings in DC that have these kind of doors, but few and far between.

Can anyone make out the logo on the door? All I can read is "Association of." And what is that logo depicting?

["Association of Army-Navy Stores." - Dave]

Overman was one of the last manufacturers of solid rubber truck tires. The molds were bought by another Ohio company, Canton Bandag. It looks like the old Model 15 White has been hauling coal. Great photo.

On the rear. It looks like double tires on one wheel rim. The only other thing I could figure would be a single tire with a split tread. Anyway, it will start me looking at some other Shorpy pics to see if there are others.

That truck looks battered enough, and those "Cushion Tires" look hard enough that any cream shipped around likely turned to butter, or cheese. Ice cream? The driver had to drive fast to deliver it before it melted, I suppose. Maybe that's why the truck is banged up.

What kind of "creamery" could be delivered with no refrigeration? Would there be items "packed in ice" loaded onto the truck bed?

[The "creamery" is a place -- the building where the ice cream is manufactured. In this case the Chapin-Sacks plant at First and M streets N.E. - Dave]

Lots of studs and a bad purple paint job.

From the looks of those solid rubber wheels on that beast, I would think they could "spare" some of their Velvet Cushion Tires for the truck as rolling advertising.

The truck looks like a White of 1920, and has obviously been in use for a while.