Bradshaw
Well into the 1950s folks across south Louisiana – and the nation – watched anxiously this time of year not for a white FedEx truck or a big brown UPS van, but for a green truck with a bright red diamond on its side.
That was the Railway Express Agency truck that delivered the things you’d ordered from the three-inch-thick Sears Roebuck or Montgomery Ward catalog. Between the two World Wars, it was practically the only way to get catalog orders sent to you or for you to send your Christmas package to Uncle Joe and Aunt Maude in Milwaukee.
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