Street Scenes, Lunch Cart on New Street, 1890-1915
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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.
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
Negative (Photograph)
Subject Date
1890-1915
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
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
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