Good Morning, Oppo

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 03/12/2019 at 09:00 • Filed to: good morning oppo

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Mmm, RC Cola.

Main Street, Delano, CA, 1940.

Azrek > ttyymmnn 03/12/2019 at 09:02

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Photoshopped...there are no Moon Pies!

WilliamsSW > ttyymmnn 03/12/2019 at 09:07

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Orange Nehi was my favorite!

Ash78, voting early and often > ttyymmnn 03/12/2019 at 09:13

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I can’t even imagine a childhood where RC wasn’t still a scrappy-but-ubiquitous competitor to Coke and Pepsi. We used to call it “Royal Crap” even though it was just as good as the others. Maybe better.

ttyymmnn > WilliamsSW 03/12/2019 at 09:14

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Radar preferred grape.

facw > ttyymmnn 03/12/2019 at 09:15

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Well I’ve failed to find this one on Street View. Main st. is still there obviously, and the diagonal parking remains, but they’ve added trees which makes it very hard to identify the store fronts. I was hoping to spot the distinctive brickwork on the billiards parlor, the grid facing on the market, or that two-story brick building, but wasn’t able to located any of them.

TheRealBicycleBuck > ttyymmnn 03/12/2019 at 09:17

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R C > Coke > Pepsi

As the kids say... Fight Me!

someassemblyrequired > ttyymmnn 03/12/2019 at 09:19

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Ur-Big Bird agrees:

fintail > ttyymmnn 03/12/2019 at 09:26

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Nehi and a coney island?

Leftmost car is a 37 Ford, then what looks like a 33-34 Chevy, then a Model A, then a ~33 Willys coupe (note the now rare cast wheels), then another M odel A, then a 33-34 Ford, then a ~35 Ford coupe, and more.

WilliamsSW > ttyymmnn 03/12/2019 at 09:30

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That’s the hard stuff.

punkgoose17 > Ash78, voting early and often 03/12/2019 at 09:42

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They are the cola at the Pittsburgh Pengiuns games. I had to look up who owns the company apparently it is “ Keurig Dr. Pepper.”

punkgoose17 > fintail 03/12/2019 at 09:44

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What is the coupe on the right side of the street?

fintail > punkgoose17 03/12/2019 at 09:49

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Looks like a ~35 Chevy 3 window coupe.

Just Jeepin' > ttyymmnn 03/12/2019 at 09:52

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I visited a local diner in Portland many years ago that only served RC. Only time in my (long) life I encountered that. Was not happy.

ttyymmnn > facw 03/12/2019 at 10:08

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I was likewise unsuccessful. I found a building with the crosshatching of the billiard parlor, but nothing else matched. Hard to believe they would have torn down all of it, but who knows? That was almost 80 years ago.

ttyymmnn > someassemblyrequired 03/12/2019 at 10:09

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I’ll have to check this out later. Sitting at the Honda service this morning.

ttyymmnn > fintail 03/12/2019 at 10:11

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Now, eat your Coney Island!

ranwhenparked > ttyymmnn 03/12/2019 at 18:27

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Apparently Stradley’s Market was 1017 Main St, which appears to be King Sushi now. Either that whole strip of buildings has been heavily renovated, or demolished and replaced. I’m guessing this was taken at the corner of 10th & Main.