Category Archives: Truck Mascots

Boxerbear at 4th and Bainbridge

Posted on August 13, 2014 by Joe_Williams

Here’s another fine example of the urban phenomena I call Truck Mascots. This fellow was adorning a commercial garbage truck making a pickup around 4th and Bainbridge.

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Trash Truck King Kong

Posted on August 5, 2014 by Tina Garceau

When I saw this on the street the other day, it vaguely reminded me of the sequence in King Kong where his captors have finally put him on stage in New York – “Don’t be alarmed, ladies and gentlemen. Those … Continue reading →

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When Captain America Throws His Mighty Shield

Posted on February 10, 2014 by Joe_Williams

…or should I call this one The Winter Soldier? Last week the State of Pennsylvania took a wintry shellacking from a very busy Mother Nature in the form of an ice storm which downed trees taking power lines with them. … Continue reading →

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The Archetypal Truck Mascot

Posted on December 16, 2013 by Joe_Williams

The other day I chased after a garbage truck dressed in my pajamas. What it was doing in my pajamas I’ll never know.

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Three the Hard Way

Posted on November 29, 2013 by Joe_Williams

Here’s another fine example of that bizarre urban phenomena that I call Truck Mascots. A truck mascot is usually a discarded toy or stuffed animal that is lashed to the grill of large commercial or municipal trucks. Generally the trucks … Continue reading →

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A Mack with a Quack

Posted on October 16, 2013 by Joe_Williams

I spotted this fowl truck mascot on 5th Street in Philadelphia, PA.

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Venison Gives Me Gas

Posted on August 19, 2013 by Joe_Williams

Generally, Truck Mascots are stuffed toys or animals discarded by their original owners and lashed to the grills of mainly commercial trucks sort of like flying maidens on ships of old. The driver of this Philadelphia Gas Works truck opted … Continue reading →

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