Mack Model AC Dump Truck and Marion Electric Shovel at Hoover Dam Construction Site, 1933

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Artifact Overview

Founded in Brooklyn, New York, in 1900, Mack Brothers Company relocated to Allentown, Pennsylvania, five years later. In 1922, the company renamed itself Mack Trucks and chose a bulldog as its mascot. Mack-built trucks were widely used in the construction of Hoover Dam, located on the Colorado River. Work on the dam started in 1931 and was completed in 1936.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

August 1934

Subject Date

April 1933

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

90.1.1747.P.M.120

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: 7.875 in
Width: 9.75 in