Mack Truck Used by Wilshire Oil Company, 1919

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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 tank trucks like this had separate compartments for gasoline, diesel fuel, lubricants, and other oil and petroleum products. The delivery trucks transported these products from distributors to gas stations.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

1919

Subject Date

1919

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

90.1.1747.P.K.1728

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 in
Width: 10 in

Mack Truck Used by Wilshire Oil Company, 1919