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[MI] Detroit Mack 5455 photo in New York Times 11.29.2009

 
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 30, 2009 5:18 pm    Post subject: [MI] Detroit Mack 5455 photo in New York Times 11.29.2009 Reply with quote

Quite a surprise greeted me when I opened the Book Review section of the New York Times for 11.29.2009. On page 7, there is a review of a novel, "The Art Student's War," set in Detroit. To illustrate the review, the Times chose a photo of Mack 5455 signed Conant - Jefferson, with a window placard that seems to read "Northland Mall."
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This links to the article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/29/books/review/Bakopoulos-t.html?_r=1&ref=review
Clicking on the photo will enlarge it.
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If memory is correct, many buses carried the Pepsi bottle-top ad.
Any comments?
Thanks. Joe
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HwyHaulier




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PostPosted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 9:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Joe -

Ah, PEPSI flooded the country with those signs! Fairly commonplace, oh, late 1950s into early 1960s, at least...

Had the NYT editor and layout guy not gone for easy and convenient, a photo of a Detroit PCC Car isn't all that hard to find...

................Vern............
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 4:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

This one's for the record;

Great find.

Pepsi certainly had the bus fronts tied up!

Mr. 'L'

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