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Tag Archives: truck mascot
The Amazing Truck Mascot
Here in Lansdowne, PA is another fine example of the urban phenomena of Truck Mascots. Truck Mascots are usually discarded toys that generally commercial truckers lash to the grills of their vehicles to become sort of like flying maidens on … Continue reading
Posted in Truck Mascots
Tagged Spider-man, toy, truck, truck mascot, urban phenomena
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Small Truck Mascot
On the way home from work I spied this tiny example of what I like to call Truck Mascots. A truck mascot is a discarded stuffed animal or toy that is used to adorn large industrial trucks sort of like … Continue reading
Christmas Mickey
This isn’t the typical Truck Mascot in that the stuffed animal isn’t lashed to the front or grill of a truck, but it was close enough to count. Mickey was tied to the back of a landscaper’s trailer which was … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas, city, landscaper, Mickey Mouse, trash, truck, truck mascot, urban, urban phenomena
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Have Yourself a Merry Little Truck Mascot
While this may not count as a true Truck Mascot being that the vehicle is not a truck but a school bus, I feel it’s close enough. It is mostly a big International truck adapted to haul kids off to … Continue reading
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Tagged bus, Christmas, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, school, truck mascot, winter, wreath, yellow
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Boxerbear at 4th and Bainbridge
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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Tagged garbage, PA, Philadelphia, refuse, toy, trash, trash truck, truck mascot, urban phenomena
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The Archetypal Truck Mascot
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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Tagged garbage, garbage truck, phenomena, Philadelphia, trash, truck mascot, urban
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