Yellow Taxi (1909)

[Wilson Gray]

On Jun 11, 2005, at 8:55 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:

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> No help, of course, but before 1965 or '66 NYC cabs came in various
> colors. At that time yellow was standardized to help distinguish
> medallion cabs from "gypsies," for which yellow was proscribed.
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> JL

Is there no Yellow Cab Company in The City? Was the Red Skelton movie.
"The Yellow Cab Man," all a lie, then?

-Wilson

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> http://www.barrypopik.com/article/997/taxi-the-word-taxicab-and-the-
> yellow-color
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> http://www.gothamist.com/archives/2005/06/09/
> taxi_cabs_might_be_redesigned.php
> June 09, 2005
> Taxi Cabs Might Be Redesigned
> The Design Trust for Public Space is working with the Taxi and
> Limousine Commission to see new designs for taxi cabs, to celebrate
> 100 years of taxi cabs in 2007.
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> Does anyone have anything for the "yellow" origin? Were the first
> taxis red?
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