Loading Bananas from Refrigerated Railcar M.D.T. 5371 to a Ford V-8 Stake Truck, 1934
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Ford's 1934 trucks were only slightly changed in appearance from the previous model year, though the blue oval logo was notably added to the side of the hood. The stake body version was particularly flexible. The racks were removable to ease loading or accommodate oversized cargo. The boxcar here belonged to Merchants Despatch Transportation Company, which operated some 12,000 refrigerated railcars.
Ford's 1934 trucks were only slightly changed in appearance from the previous model year, though the blue oval logo was notably added to the side of the hood. The stake body version was particularly flexible. The racks were removable to ease loading or accommodate oversized cargo. The boxcar here belonged to Merchants Despatch Transportation Company, which operated some 12,000 refrigerated railcars.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
08 December 1934
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On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.833.P.61234
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8 in
Width: 11 in
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