1946 Mack Model 19LS Hook & Ladder Truck Parked in front of Central Fire Headquarters, October 1946

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Artifact Overview

Founded in Brooklyn, New York, in 1900, Mack Brothers Company relocated to Allentown, Pennsylvania, five years later. The company renamed itself Mack Trucks and chose a bulldog as its mascot in 1922. Mack built its first firefighting equipment around 1911. Mack itself stopped building complete fire trucks in 1990, but Mack's chassis continued to be used by other builders.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

October 1946

Subject Date

October 1946

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

90.1.1747.P.F.331

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