Two Men and a Boy Pose with a Mack Model AB Stake Truck Loaded with Milk Cans, 1920
THF277311 / Two Men and a Boy Pose with a Mack Model AB Stake Truck Loaded with Milk Cans, 1920
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Artifact Overview
Founded in Brooklyn, New York, in 1900, Mack Brothers Company relocated to Allentown, Pennsylvania, in 1905 and adopted the name Mack Trucks in 1922. Mack-built trucks like this carried cans of raw milk from farms to dairy processors and distributors. Trucks allowed for more flexible and more efficient shipment of milk than was previously possible by railroad.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1920
Creators
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
90.1.1747.P.K.1960
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Henry Austin Clark, Jr.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8.063 in
Width: 9.938 in
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