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- Ford V-8 Truck with Air Conditioning Unit near Refrigerated Railcar, 1936 - Ford Motor Company promoted the versatility of its trucks with this 1936 photograph. It shows a Ford truck chassis fitted with a mobile air conditioning unit. The unit is being used to keep produce cool inside a refrigerated railcar. Most railcars in this era still relied on ice to cool their contents. Mechanically refrigerated railcars weren't common until the 1950s.
- July 23, 1936
- Collections - Artifact
Ford V-8 Truck with Air Conditioning Unit near Refrigerated Railcar, 1936
Ford Motor Company promoted the versatility of its trucks with this 1936 photograph. It shows a Ford truck chassis fitted with a mobile air conditioning unit. The unit is being used to keep produce cool inside a refrigerated railcar. Most railcars in this era still relied on ice to cool their contents. Mechanically refrigerated railcars weren't common until the 1950s.
- Railroad Car Shop, Merchants Despatch Transportation Company, New York, circa 1905 - From 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. The company's wide-ranging stock of original photographs documented life and landscapes from across the nation and around the globe. From the tens of thousands of negatives, the company created prints, postcards, lantern slides, panoramas, and other merchandise for sale to educators, businessmen, advertisers, homeowners and travelers.
- circa 1905
- Collections - Artifact
Railroad Car Shop, Merchants Despatch Transportation Company, New York, circa 1905
From 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company was one of the major image publishers in the world. The company's wide-ranging stock of original photographs documented life and landscapes from across the nation and around the globe. From the tens of thousands of negatives, the company created prints, postcards, lantern slides, panoramas, and other merchandise for sale to educators, businessmen, advertisers, homeowners and travelers.
- Loading Bananas from Refrigerated Railcar M.D.T. 5371 to a Ford V-8 Stake Truck, 1934 - Ford's 1934 trucks were only slightly changed in appearance from the previous model year, though the blue oval logo was added to the side of the hood. The stake body version was particularly versatile. The racks were removable to ease loading or accommodate oversized cargo. The boxcar pictured here belonged to Merchants Despatch Transportation Company, which operated some 12,000 refrigerated railcars.
- December 08, 1934
- Collections - Artifact
Loading Bananas from Refrigerated Railcar M.D.T. 5371 to a Ford V-8 Stake Truck, 1934
Ford's 1934 trucks were only slightly changed in appearance from the previous model year, though the blue oval logo was added to the side of the hood. The stake body version was particularly versatile. The racks were removable to ease loading or accommodate oversized cargo. The boxcar pictured here belonged to Merchants Despatch Transportation Company, which operated some 12,000 refrigerated railcars.