Mack Truck Used by The Shelton Looms, October 1927

THF700487 / Mack Truck Used by The Shelton Looms, October 1927
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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. According to lore, British soldiers admiringly called tough Mack trucks "bulldogs" during World War I. The bulldog was a beloved symbol of Great Britain.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

01 October 1927

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

90.1.1747.P.L.1082

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

Mack Truck Used by The Shelton Looms, October 1927