Teamsters in History - Delaware Avenue - Philadelphia - 1899

Pennsylvania R.R. Ferries Building - Phila to Camden NJ - Delaware Ave - 1899

With two Harvard educated candidates for Prez, some of us have forgotten who and what built this nation.

I have two grandfathers listed on census forms with an occupation listed as “teamster”.

One grandfather, son of a Civil War veteran, considering the date of the census was driving a team of horses, the origin of the word “teamster”.

The other grandfather probably drove an old Ford Truck in his day.

Both hauled freight, a general term for any and all goods.

Delaware Avenue Waterfront - Philadelphia - 1899

Temple University Libraries, Urban Archives

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