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- Tomaeto, Tomahto
- Truck ID
- Horton Hears a ...
- From a buggy company came ...
- They call me Mister Horton
- Still Run
- Someone fed Jack some bad info.
- A Beautiful Machine
- It's official.
- Olive Brand Sportswear
- I still have a grudge against Texaco
- No GPS?
- CFG Bank Arena
- Van Lines
- Closed Station?
- John Vachon
- Folding Chairs
- TEXAGO
- Fragi-lay
- Classy
- Passenger seat
- No tipping
- The two front doors
- The theme song
- You are correct Dave.
- I was just there
- New to me
- Football-shaped thing
- Working all the live long day
- How do you stop slackers?
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Liberty Lunch: 1919
![Washington, D.C., circa 1919. "Lunch cars. One of the greatest foes of the H.C. of L. [High Cost of Living] in Washington has been the lunch wagons selling 20 cent box lunch, which is very popular with the Department clerks. A concerted effort has been made by the lunch room keepers to keep them off the street but so far without success." On the box: "Leoffler's Liberty Lunch 20¢" 4x5 inch glass negative, National Photo Company Collection. View full size.](https://www.shorpy.com/files/images/00729u.preview.jpg "Liberty Lunch: 1919")
Washington, D.C., circa 1919. "Lunch cars. One of the greatest foes of the H.C. of L. [High Cost of Living] in Washington has been the lunch wagons selling 20 cent box lunch, which is very popular with the Department clerks. A concerted effort has been made by the lunch room keepers to keep them off the street but so far without success." On the box: "Leoffler's Liberty Lunch 20¢" 4x5 inch glass negative, National Photo Company Collection. View full size.
License Plates
Until 1922, states did not necessarily recognize each other's plates, as they do now. Maryland plates were not valid in the District of Columbia and Virginia, and vice versa. If somebody from the District leftWashington, he'd better have the proper VA or MD plates or risk getting pulled over! Thus you'll often see cars from this era sporting more than one plate. For more plate photos check out www.alpca.org.
License plates
I have the mutant gene that makes me collect old license plates, so naturally I enjoy any Shorpy photo of a duly registered vehicle. However this one, and others in D.C. photos on this site, seem to be dually registered, in both D.C. and Maryland. Does anyone know if the folks in D.C. back then were made to have two plates - one D.C., and the other Md., or Va.? If it's a commercial vehicle it would be understandable, but this old car seems to be someone's personal vehicle.
Menu
The woman on the left appears to be looking at the inside of the lid. I bet there is a menu there.
[Looking for volunteers to go back in time and peek in the box. Anyone? - Dave]
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