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Washington, D.C., in 1919. "Street lunch vendor." A Model T sandwich-vending machine. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
It appears that the gal in the middle is falling to her left and the one on the left is holding her upright.
The chicken used to make these sandwiches was probably scratching around under this very same car just this morning!
When I worked for the county health department, we nicknamed the mobile food vendors "roach coaches." With no refrigeration and no running water, this one would have a hard time passing muster under even the most rudimentary health code.
So well thought out. I'll bet that open headlamp dispenses hard-boiled eggs.
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