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Monday, October 10, 2005
Photos of the Pelham of Yore: An Ice Truck and a Vintage Bus
Today's posting to the Historic Pelham Blog includes two nostalgic
pictures taken during the 1920s showing the Pelham of yore. The first is
an ice truck that plied the streets of the town delivering ice for local
ice boxes and to cool Pelham residents during the hot months of summer.
The second shows a lovely bus acquired by the New York Athletic Club to
ferry its members between the clubhouse on Travers Island and the Pelham
Train station on the New Haven line -- direct competition to the little
Toonerville Trolley that met all the trains.
The photograph immediately above shows ice delivery business owner Leo
Giustino in 1925 sitting in his new ice truck with solid rubber wheels and
acetylene gas headlights. In the background can be seen the rear of the
Peldean Court apartment building. To the right of the photograph, behind
the truck, is a building that once housed the law offices of Joseph
Valente.
The photograph immediately above, taken in 1927, shows a bus that the New
York Athletic Club acquired to ferry club members between Travers Island
and the Pelham Train Station on the New Haven Line. The passenger stepping
on the bus reportedly is believed to be then-Pelham resident, Bill
Russell.
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