Even though I wish that trolley had passed out of the viewfinder on this Maxwell photo, it provides a nice in-motion photo of what a trolley looked like back in the roaring twenties. The young lad in knickers scampering along E. State Street adds a bit of 1920's nostalgia.
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RALPH LUCARELLA
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HI TOM....FOR SOME REASON THE TROLLEY CARS GAVE ME A HEAD ACHE AS A KID. WEARING KNICKERS WAS WHAT WE WORE AS KIDS AND LOOKED FORWARD TO LONG PANTS AS TEENAGERS. I CELEBRATED MY FIRST PAIR OF LONG PANTS BY GOING TO PHILLY TO WATCH THE YANKS BEAT THE A'S 23 TO 2 AS TONT LAZZERI BATTED IN 12 RUNS FOR NEW YORK. MY BROTHER LOU TOOK ME AS A BIRTHDAY PRESENT. BEST REGARDS.
I MIGHT ADD TOM, I WAS ALWAYS AMAZED AT WATCHING CONNIE MACK DIRECT THE PHILLY A'S WEARING HIS SUIT AND TIE AND LOOKING LIKE A CORPORATE PRESIDENT. AT ONE POINT IN TIME THE A'S HAD A GREAT TEAM. I FEEL SO BAD FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WERE AFFECTED BY THE STORM. THE JERSEY SHORE BORE MOST OF THE BRUNT. EVERYONE SEEMS TO BE HELPING NEIGHBORS GET ALONG. REGARDS.
I too got to witness Mr. Mack in the dugout managing the Philadelphia A's complete with vest, suit and a bowler hat. But I must say the Connie Mack had some pretty good teams but in order to keep his club solvent, he often had to sell many of his star players to other teams. I remember in 1949 (I could tell you the entire team but not time or space) they were in first place by All-Star game but he dumped several before the year was out and so his team plummeted.
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HI TOM....FOR SOME REASON THE TROLLEY CARS GAVE ME A HEAD ACHE AS A KID. WEARING KNICKERS WAS WHAT WE WORE AS KIDS AND LOOKED FORWARD TO LONG PANTS AS TEENAGERS. I CELEBRATED MY FIRST PAIR OF LONG PANTS BY GOING TO PHILLY TO WATCH THE YANKS BEAT THE A'S 23 TO 2 AS TONT LAZZERI BATTED IN 12 RUNS FOR NEW YORK. MY BROTHER LOU TOOK ME AS A BIRTHDAY PRESENT. BEST REGARDS.
GREAT STORY, RALPH! I WORE KNICKERS AND HATED THEM....ESPECIALLY THOSE UGLY UGLY STOCKINGS WE WORE.
REMEMBER HOW THE PHILADELPHIA A'S AND ST. LOUIS BROWNS WERE ALWAYS BATTLING FOR LAST PLACE?
TOM GLOVER
I MIGHT ADD TOM, I WAS ALWAYS AMAZED AT WATCHING CONNIE MACK DIRECT THE PHILLY A'S WEARING HIS SUIT AND TIE AND LOOKING LIKE A CORPORATE PRESIDENT. AT ONE POINT IN TIME THE A'S HAD A GREAT TEAM. I FEEL SO BAD FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WERE AFFECTED BY THE STORM. THE JERSEY SHORE BORE MOST OF THE BRUNT. EVERYONE SEEMS TO BE HELPING NEIGHBORS GET ALONG. REGARDS.
I too got to witness Mr. Mack in the dugout managing the Philadelphia A's complete with vest, suit and a bowler hat. But I must say the Connie Mack had some pretty good teams but in order to keep his club solvent, he often had to sell many of his star players to other teams. I remember in 1949 (I could tell you the entire team but not time or space) they were in first place by All-Star game but he dumped several before the year was out and so his team plummeted.
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