From between the 1930s and 1950s, in the days when the borough’s housewives placed orders for milk and baked goods, and union drivers in uniform delivered them. The bakeries sent trucks door to door, offering the same middle-American fare that mid century 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren across the nation were raised on.
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Mrs. Karl’s Bread Truck, ca. 1940s
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| Butter Nut Bread |
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| Butter Nut Bread |
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| Dugans Bread |
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| Cassou’s Bread Truck, ca. 1950s |
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| Mary Jane Bread Trucks, ca. 1950s |
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| Sunbeam Bread Truck, ca. 1950s |
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| Fischers Milk, ca. 1940s |
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| Bond Bread Truck, ca. 1940s |
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| Bricker’s Bread Truck, ca. 1940s |
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| Bricker’s Bread Truck, ca. late 1920s-early 1930s |
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| Webers Bread Truck |
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| Stocks Bread Truck, 1935 |
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| Bricker’s Bread Truck |
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| Bond Bread Truck, Deep Rock Gas Station |
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| Dugan’s Bread Truck, Pelican Island, NJ, ca. mid 1930s |
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| Pepperidge Farm Bread Truck |
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| Pepperidge Farm Bread Trucks |
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| Wards Tip Top Bread Truck, John Longwood, 1947 |
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| Welsh’s Bread Truck, Virginia City, Nevada, September 1958 |
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| J.J. Nissen Bread Truck, Holsum Bread, Portland, Maine, ca. 1950s |
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| Paul’s Pie Truck, Metro Van, Ontiaro, Canada, ca. 1952 |
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| Bond Bread Truck, 1940 Ford, ca. 1940s |
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| Taystee Bread Truck, Chevrolet Step Van, ca. 1959 |
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| Schaible’s Bakery Truck, Easton, PA, ca. late 1940s-early 1950s |
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| Studebaker Bread Truck, Royer’s Bread, Denver, PA, ca. 1941 |
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| Ford Panel Van, Burry’s Cookies, ca 1940s |
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| Chevrolet Panel Van, Bakery Truck, Juction City Bakery, Oregon, ca. 1935 |
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| Chevrolet Panel Van, Modern Cleaners, Teutopolis, ILL, ca. 1958 |
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| Ford Delivery Truck, Castleton Brands Food Products, ca. late 1940s |
(Photos © Dave Gelinas)