AllenN71
344 posts
Dec 13, 2011
11:25 AM
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How long ago was this? Back in Indianapolis, we had "the tamale man", who pushed his cart through the residential neighborhoods shouting, "Hot Tamaleee! Hot Tamalee! (this was circa 1959-1960) and even more recently Baltimore had horse-drawn carts manned by what are called in Bawlmorese "A-rabbers" who sold fruits and vegetables. There may even be one or two left, but they were very common even into the late 1980s.
Are there any pushcart or vendor cart operations extant in downtown Dayton these days? I can't recall ever seeing a hot-dog vendor during the 60s and very early 70s.
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gris66
76 posts
Dec 14, 2011
5:38 PM
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For some reason I was thinking it was a hinged side panal but yeh... that's right. Canvas, of course. Thanks Mikey.
Bet he had a wide route. Maybe someone will know something about the fellow himself.
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DLB1941
12 posts
Nov 24, 2012
9:11 AM
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I grew up on Emerson Ave--There was in mid 1940's a very old Italian man named Tony who sold Veggies door to door
out of a horse drawn wagon.He knew everybodys name.The horse looked older than him and did not move to well.
After ww2 a small grocery sore opened on Catalpa near Fairview-that combined with age more than likely did him in.
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Bill628
12 posts
Dec 08, 2012
1:02 PM
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One guy I knew was Tommy Mantia. He and my dad were in the produce business together. In the early-mid 60s I lived on Oxford avenue, right behind Jefferson school. Tommy would cruise real slow down the street, then stop. He usually had at least half a dozen women at his truck. There was a Mantia Produce house behind Gentile Produce, 4th and Patterson.
Last Edited by on Dec 08, 2012 1:03 PM
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timbo
9 posts
Dec 12, 2012
5:54 PM
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I remember the vegtable man, in that old truck, ringing that bell, coming up Alcott ave when I was a kid in the mid 60`s. Best peaches I ever had....
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Billd1952
3 posts
Dec 16, 2012
10:16 AM
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The man in the green chevy panal van with the roll up tarps, was Nick. He was the grandfather of a freind of mine. Nick was Italian, and lived on South Horton St.
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KenC3
50 posts
Dec 17, 2012
12:43 AM
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My earliest memories from the 40s was the ice man who brought blocks of ice for the ice box.
The milk man gave us a ride from our house to my Aunts two doors down. We mixed orange juice and chocolate milk and it tasted like butterscotch. Never forgot that.
This was on Dandridge between Crestwood and Burleigh in Westwood.
Ken
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Gallopingphotog
6 posts
Nov 18, 2013
8:08 PM
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I lived on the east side and our vegetable man was Mr. Cappozi. His face and hands had been horribly burned in a fire, and he spoke with a thick Italian accident, but was very sweet and friendly and I liked him very much. He usually had his collie with him. Drove an old pickup that seems very much like the one described earlier. He gave us a puppy, a pure white collie from his dog. But she proved to be deaf and my folks gave her back to him because they were afraid that if one of the kids came up behind her and startled her, she might bite. He had already given away the other puppies so I never did have a collie dog!
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Gallopingphotog
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jack1971
23 posts
Nov 22, 2013
5:54 AM
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I remember an old black man who used to push a cart down the streets in North Dayton off Fairview Avenue selling strawberries!
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Nile
112 posts
Nov 23, 2013
12:28 PM
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The foreigner with the dark green GMC and the scales hanging off the back made his way to the neighborhood around Miracle Lane near Salem Ave, too. He had a gong that he would bang and stop at various places. The lady down the street was also foreign and every day he came to our neighborhood she would come out to greet him. They would get in the awfullest shouting match; almost entertaining. They then agree on terms and complete the transaction. Then, they would stand and jaw, smile as if they had been friends their whole life.
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LeeVee
2 posts
Mar 24, 2014
6:41 PM
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I lived on W. Hillcrest near Arlene Avenue from 1952 to 1960, and I remember a vegetable truck that made the rounds back then. He had a bell he rang to attract customers. Probably the same guy.
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