A golden pig
I enjoyed an outstanding porketta sandwich last week, and it brought to mind somthing I hit upon a few months ago, a tax photograph of a Brooklyn pork store, Suino d’Oro.
On Arthur Avenue
Arthur Avenue Noodle & Macaroni Manufacturing.
Ebinger’s
A part of Brooklyn reality.
Critter
Beaver? Walrus? I’m not sure. But when I picked up this sweet potato last night, I knew it was also something — or somene — else.
A mystery of the deep
Do you know what you’re seeing here?
Planter
Outside a North End restaurant.
Gill Sans
A spokesgill-man for the sardine industry.
Go fish
This photograph is for sardine connoisseurs, among whom I proudly number.
Demon bat-pepper
This one is the scariest I’ve faced.
A strange strawberry
It’s like two, two, two strawberries in one.
Automat beverage section
Automat coffee dispensers, same as they ever were.
Condiment challenge
“Assortment of condiments to accompany lamb curry,” a 1964 photograph.