Mack Model AC Dump Truck and Power Shovel at Hoover Dam Construction Site, November 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
Subject Date
November 1933
Creators
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
90.1.1747.P.M.243
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
Inscriptions
lower right:
1133M234
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