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February 1943. "New York, New York. Associated Transport Company trucking terminal on Washington Street. Loading goods on a southbound transport." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Office of War Information. View full size.
The term Dave's title plays on was known in 1943 from railroads shifting rolling stock overnight. In the years since it has acquired considerable cultural presence, first as the title of a 1974 noir film starring Gene Hackman, whose character plays chess (with tricky 'knight moves'). In 1976 Bob Seger took it as the title of a song about adolescent love, saying the impetus came from 'American Graffiti'. Seger's song subsequently appeared in the movies 'FM' and 'American Pop', Then in 2013 it became the title of another thriller movie, directed by Kelly Reichardt.
I'll gladly take one of whatever falls off of the truck.
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