Harry Dubin, New York City Cabbie

Harry (click on the picture to see the larger version) actually looks like he’s hailing a cab instead of driving one, or maybe he’s expressing his unhappiness with the driving of a fellow New York motorist. Do you think the person who runs the Sky View Cab Co. was colorblind? Aside from the prices though, my favorite thing in this picture is the crest, indicating that the family’s cab-driving history goes back to the middle ages. I actually found some proof of this in an old tapestry:

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