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Street Scenes, Lunch Cart on New Street, 1890-1915

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Artifact Overview

Immigrants in New York City could make a modest living by selling fresh produce, baked goods, or hand-held lunch foods from a pushcart. Lunch carts like this one were the predecessors to horse-drawn lunch wagons with enclosed tops and expanded menus. Eventually these lunch wagons evolved into diners.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Negative (Photograph)

Subject Date

1890-1915

Creators

Place of Creation

Collection Title

Jenny Young Chandler Collection

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

32.351.240

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Betty R. K. Pierce.

Material

Glass (Material)

Technique

Gelatin dry plate process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 5 in
Width: 7 in

Keywords
Street Scenes, Lunch Cart on New Street, 1890-1915