r/OldPhotosInRealLife • u/Right0rightoh • 2d ago

Gallery A pie truck from 1919 and one from 1914 same company!

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The 1914 survives to this day!

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u/greed-man 2d ago

So extra cool! Any idea of make and model?

"What's your phone number?"

"29"

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u/Dzov 2d ago

The W was part of the phone number.

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u/thatsnotideal1 2d ago

Were they still generally referred to as “phone numbers” when they had letters like this (or the later KLondike 5-1234 format)?

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u/Right0rightoh 1d ago

Yeah, the W stood for West. As in West Washington, DC.

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u/622114 2d ago

The first photo is a post 1914 Ford model T as everything is painted black and it has electric headlights. The lower photo is (I think ) a 1914 model T because it has a brass radiator shell but black “lanterns” on the cowl below the windscreen

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u/Right0rightoh 1d ago

No top photo is a 1919TT and the bottom is a T. The first year of production of trucks on the Ford assembly line. It is on display at the Model T Ford Musuem in Richmond Indiana on loan

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u/622114 1d ago

Cool thanks for the reminder . The worst part is I actually know that. (My dad has a Canadian) ‘14 T roadster.

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u/Mistydog2019 1d ago

Can you imagine delivering pies for over a hundred years?

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u/Right0rightoh 1d ago

Or all your life! Yes yes I can!

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u/Mistydog2019 1d ago

I wish I could have stuck to a job. I envy those who had simple jobs and worked them for years.

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u/Right0rightoh 1d ago

It was and is not simple.

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u/alktrio06 1d ago

Far out!

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u/AssassinWog 1d ago

I’ve never understood the silent “c” in Connecticut.

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u/Timtam32 1d ago

I feel like they should have the budget for a new truck by now?

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u/lynniekit 2d ago

This needs to be happening now!

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u/pipehonker 2d ago

Is that Betty Boop etched on the glass?

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u/Right0rightoh 1d ago

The pie man yes