illustratedvancouver: Unpublished draft #2: Here were have an illustrated invoice for Diamond Cabs,
illustratedvancouver: Unpublished draft #2: Here were have an illustrated invoice for Diamond Cabs, owned and operated by Eagle-Time Delivery Co. Ltd., 1019 Seymour Street, and dated 1942. This invoice implies a pretty ritzy lifestyle, with a 1938 Cadillac taxi in front of a cafe/club, complete with uniformed doormen and men in top hats and tails! This particular artifact was found at Antiquarius books, courtesy of Tom Carter. Antiquarius is a great repository of our local history, and although they’ve relocated to Falkland, BC, I’ve purchased numerous bits of obscure ephemera from them. Special thanks to the tireless work of their proprietor, and all independent used book sellers! You might recognize that 1019 Seymour Street is the address for the Penthouse Night Club, and it was in fact Joe Filippone who started out with a company called Eagle Time Delivery. He then expanded his operation to Diamond Cabs, and eventually, the Penthouse. In fact, MA 2111 also becomes the number of the Penthouse years later, as seen in a program from the Avon Theatre from 1954. More from Neon Eulogy: Vancouver Café and Street by Keith McKellar: Joe Filippone gets The Eagle-Time Delivery service going with bicycles in 1934. He delivers a parcel up to 15 pounds and collects C.O.D.s — all for 8¢. The delivery boy gets 4¢. He buys the house on Seymour Street in 1938 and moves into the upstairs suite. Along with brothers Ross, Jimmy and Mickey, the family opens a supper club, The Steak Loft, in 1941. They serve charcoal-cooked steaks on wooden platters. The delivery service advances to motorcycles with sidecars, and then trucks. Eagle-Time Trucking Company is born. Joe buys Sid Cann’s three-car Diamond Cab Company that works from Birk’s Clock stand up the street…The Filippone’s have, apparently, a lark — a thing about keeping their Diamond Cab drivers in a supply of fresh diamond socks. “I’ll take all the diamond socks you can get…I need them for my drivers…but nothing else!” It’s a class act. Forbidden Vancouver still offers the occasional tour of the Penthouse; you can check out their website for the latest. And of course, by now you’ve all got your copy of Aaron Chapman’s book Liquor, Lust and the Law published by Arsenal Pulp Press in 2013, with a revised edition that came out for the Penthouse’s 70th anniversary in 2017. If you don’t already have a copy, time to call Taxi! Take me to the nearest bookstore! -- source link
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