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Friday, February 22, 2013

1937: E. STATE ST. AT THE RR CROSSING

I was more interested in the little details of this photo. White Owl cigar for a nickel, and look at that beautiful Buick on the R.C. Maxwell board; "It's Buick Again!" Ray Paskiewicz, am I wrong in dating that ford as a 1935? It seems I drove a station wagon belonging to Joe Bertothy a farmer Don Slabicki and I worked for back in the 1940's. It had the same grille.

2 comments:

RALPH LUCARELLA said...

HI TOM....EVERY TIME YOU SHOW THAT PHOTO, I REALLY GO BACK TO MY POST OFFICE DAYS. I'M GONNA BE 94 YEARS OLD IN AUGUST AND FOR 14 YEARS I ATE BREAHFAST AT THAT DINER UNTIL 1955. THE WINTERS WERE SO BAD IN THOSE DAYS THAT SOME GUYS USED TO ICE SKATE TO WORK. I HAD A TOUGH TIME CLIMBING THOSE STEPS ON W. STATE ST., ACROSS FROM THE STATE HOUSE AND WITH THE MANY DOCTORS, I BROKE MY BACK SIDE WITH ALL THOSE DRUG SAMPLES. WE WOULD PARK THE CAR ALONG SIDE THE MOOSE HOME AND JIM POINTSET WOULD JOIN US AT THE DINER. BEST REGARDS.

rayfromvillapark said...

Hi Tom, The Ford is a 1936 Standard Tudor Sedan. The car behind it is a Ford Model A. I love that Brock's billboard. Buick built some fine cars during the 1930s and 40's. Very neat wintry photo, with the full view of the diner and remnants of snow still on the trees. rayfromvillapark