Saurer Truck Transporting a 13-ton Girder to the Mount Wilson Observatory, Los Angeles County, California, 1916
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Swiss-designed Saurer trucks were manufactured in the United States under license by Saurer Motor Truck Company of Plainfield, New Jersey, starting in 1909. Saurer Motor Truck merged with Mack Brothers in 1911 to form International Motor Company, but trucks continued to be built and sold under the Saurer name until 1918. International Motor renamed itself Mack Trucks in 1922.
Swiss-designed Saurer trucks were manufactured in the United States under license by Saurer Motor Truck Company of Plainfield, New Jersey, starting in 1909. Saurer Motor Truck merged with Mack Brothers in 1911 to form International Motor Company, but trucks continued to be built and sold under the Saurer name until 1918. International Motor renamed itself Mack Trucks in 1922.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
1916
Subject Date
1916
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
90.1.1747.P.K.368
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: 8.125 in
Width: 10 in
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