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Image Not Available for New Haven Dairy ice cream truck, Walnut Street, Hartford
New Haven Dairy ice cream truck, Walnut Street, Hartford
Image Not Available for New Haven Dairy ice cream truck, Walnut Street, Hartford

New Haven Dairy ice cream truck, Walnut Street, Hartford

Dateabout 1915
MediumPhotography; gelatin silver print on paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 3 15/16 x 5 1/8in. (10 x 13cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase
DescriptionDriver in overalls seated in delivery truck. Signs on side read: "New Haven / Dairy / Ice / Cream" "Made in Hartford / 21-25 Walnut St." Behind the truck is a loading dock with containers reading "N.H. Dairy / Hartford" on them. To the left is a second truck, apparently electric. In the background are a tall telegraph pole and an iron bridge, probably a railroad bridge for the New York, New Haven & Hartford Rail Road.
Object number1982.61.274
NotesConstituent Note: William J. Johnson was the auto editor at the Hartford Times and lived in East Berlin, Connecticut.
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