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Old photo of the Milk Bus

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I seem to recall seeing a photo of the Bus when it had the cab and roof still on. I spent the better part of an hour searching and could not come up with anything

Can anyone help me out or am I nuts?
 
Red Dwarf":qu6vjo3m said:
.....or am I nuts?
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Yer nutz. :p

Cool info there Sherlock. more that I found. Thanks for the tips. I've wondered about that hunk-a rust since I first heard of it.

Great quote at the top of the first link....
For over 100 years the Kissimmee has been channelized, diverted, and used for the benefit of agriculture and ranchers, with recreational interests and conservation taking a distant second place in consideration.
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Makes one wonder why the environmentalists attack where they do. Back when we (humans) destroyed the river, we thought we were IMPROVING it. Us humans are pretty dumb.

I heard someplace that once upon a time, that old truck said "Bronson Farms Milk" (or whatever framer brand) and that's why it's the Milk bus instead of Box Truck Hill or whatever.

Capt. Fred of Camp Mack refers to it as the SCHOOL BUS.

Red, I'm watching this one to see if any more facts come up about how/when that truck got there. It just seems like there is a good story there!!!!

Much of the Kissimmmee chain is rich with history. If you look at 27 palms in an aerial closeup photo, you'll see where the trees are planted in dual rows, evenly spaced as if it was once some sort of tree lined entrance to a resort or something. Does anyone know about that one too?
 
That's the pic I was thinking of, although it isn't as complete as I remembered

Wonder why nobody seems to have taken any photos of it in years past.

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That door in the left of the picture is a bi-fold door ........ all of the milk delivery trucks had them on the right (curb) side. A lot of the drivers could switch off the ignition and be half way out that door with your order before the truck ever stopped rolling. Most of them were either Dodges or Internationals.

It's very possible that what Mood heard was right. That it was an old dairy delivery truck at one time. 8) .

olf
 
I bet is is an International, judging from the grille, looks much like this one on a 37

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Yeah Jim, you're the man!

Check out this 39. Note the arch where the hood would meet the cab

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Thanks, Jim.
Unfortunately I remember the 'ice man' too, and how he would come around and put a block of ice in your 'ice box' on the back porch to keep the milk and cream the 'milk man' delivered cold.
They drove trucks very similar to the ones in the above pictures.

When I was a kid we'd sometimes go out to a local lake for a little fishin on the weekend and mom would pack a picnic basket. We'd go over to this amazing old big brick building called the Princeton Ice Company. Dad would put a quarter in the slot, and then there would be this huge rumbling, growling, thumping sound from the bowels of that building ..... and in a few seconds here would come a 25 lb. block of ice, sliding down a chute.

There was an ice pick hanging there on a small chain and you would then chip up that block and fill you 'cooler' which was a small wash tub in the trunk of the old Plymouth.
That's where you chilled down the RC Cola's or Double Cola's, the fried chicken, and the potato salad.

Not much has changed except the style of the coolers and the price of the ice. :) .

olf
 
Oh man, I loved Moon Pies back then. The ones you get today are only a shadow of what they were then.

They were REAL chocolate, REAL marshmallow, and completely delicious.

olf
 
I sent an email to the artist who painted that photo asking her if the bus was in that shape when she painted it.

I asked if she knew any other history about it
 
Hard to say Jim. I really think that grille is pointier than the DIVCO's

I am also certain that the Bus has a 6 cyl, but it doesn't look like DIVCO used a 6 cyl until the mid 40's
 
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