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Tuesday, August 21, 2012

1947: E. STATE STREET AT CHANCERY LANE

Still another pristine view of Trenton which features the well known Weinmann's Restaurant; a "go to" place for many of Trenton's more sophisticated diners. Kaplan's Kaufmanm Taylor Drugs, the localy famous Colony, and if you look closely, you may even see others I neglected to mention,

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

With one of my favorite cars front and center. I am pretty sure that is a 1940 Ford convertible though it could be a Mercury. The dark grille makes me lean toward Ford? I wonder when the Western Union closed it's doors?

Ed Millerick

rayfromvillapark said...

Ed, It's a 1940 Mercury convertible. rayfromvillapark

Anonymous said...

I WORKED AT THE BANK ON THE CORNER OF W.STATE AND S.WARREN WHERE THE FLAG IS HANGING. WE USED TO GO TO LUNCH AT SCOTT TAYLOR'S PHARMACY. IT'S THE ONLY PLACE I WENT THAT CUT THEIR SANDWICHES INTO 3 QUITE EVEN PIECES. ALICE

Anonymous said...

Ray, thanks for that. I think that either the Ford or Merc of 1940 was the best looking of that era though a few of my pals held out for the Mercury "turtleback", which led to some spirited conversations.

My pal Charlie Webster, former Trenton Historian told me that Scott-Taylor Drugs had the first telephone in the city and you just dialed "1".

Ed Millerick