When i lived in NYC in late 60's in Morningside heights near 125th street
we had a ragman with horse drawn wagon & a tin horn he used to announce
his presence. Early form of recycling.
Dwight Giles Jr.
Wickford RI
On Tue, Sep 1, 2020, 6:34 PM Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> We had a few horse-drawn tradesmen in the Brooklyn of my youth to include
> a knife-sharpener and the Watermelon Man made famous by song.
>
> Greg
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> I vividly remember a "Mr. Plancher" who delivered produce in a horse drawn
> wagon (!) to our apartment building in mid-town Manhattan (NY). This was
> in the early '50s.
>
> On Tue, Sep 1, 2020 at 10:06 AM Floyd Thursby via Mercedes <
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>
> > This thing just fascinates me. I vaguely remember stand-up milk
> > delivery trucks when I was very young
> >
> > https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1934-twin-coach-delivery-truck/
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