Waffle Vendor on the Mall
Item
Title
Waffle Vendor on the Mall
Description
Much like the food trucks that line the Mall today, food wagons in the late 1800s catered to office workers and tourists. Here a wagon offering "Hot Waffles 6 for 5c" sits on the Mall near the southside of the Treasury Department building.
Creator
Uriah Hunt Painter (photographer)
Source
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. View Original.
Date
04/22/1889
Coverage
1860-1889
topic
commerce & trade
everyday life
work & play