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- Mack Model BM Truck Tractor with Brown Shoe Co. Semi Trailer, January 1934 - Richard Outcault, a talented comic illustrator with a keen eye for marketing, introduced Buster Brown in 1902. The character was an immediate hit. Outcault licensed Buster Brown's name and face to hundreds of companies. The St. Louis-based Brown Shoe Company, probably the best-known licensee, used the character to promote its shoes -- which came to be known as "Buster Browns" -- into the 1990s.
- January 01, 1934
- Collections - Artifact
Mack Model BM Truck Tractor with Brown Shoe Co. Semi Trailer, January 1934
Richard Outcault, a talented comic illustrator with a keen eye for marketing, introduced Buster Brown in 1902. The character was an immediate hit. Outcault licensed Buster Brown's name and face to hundreds of companies. The St. Louis-based Brown Shoe Company, probably the best-known licensee, used the character to promote its shoes -- which came to be known as "Buster Browns" -- into the 1990s.
- Maine Trailer License Plate, 1946 - Early state-issued license plates were made of porcelain-coated iron. Later, states stamped tin, steel, or even copper to make plates. During the Second World War several states used fiberboard. Plate colors varied and some states added symbols, mottoes, or other design elements. Today, states use reflective sheeting to coat a standard-sized aluminum blank which is then stamped and decorated.
- 1946
- Collections - Artifact
Maine Trailer License Plate, 1946
Early state-issued license plates were made of porcelain-coated iron. Later, states stamped tin, steel, or even copper to make plates. During the Second World War several states used fiberboard. Plate colors varied and some states added symbols, mottoes, or other design elements. Today, states use reflective sheeting to coat a standard-sized aluminum blank which is then stamped and decorated.
- Hallmark "Here Comes Santa Series: Santa's Big Rig" Christmas Ornament, 2003 - Hallmark's long-running "Here Comes Santa" series featured jolly St. Nick using different forms of transportation. The series began in 1979 depicting Santa driving an antique car. By the time the series ended in 2003, Santa had hopped a ride on a range of vehicles, including a fire truck, golf cart, rocket, snowplow, tractor, trolley, semitruck, and a Soap Box Derby car.
- 2003
- Collections - Artifact
Hallmark "Here Comes Santa Series: Santa's Big Rig" Christmas Ornament, 2003
Hallmark's long-running "Here Comes Santa" series featured jolly St. Nick using different forms of transportation. The series began in 1979 depicting Santa driving an antique car. By the time the series ended in 2003, Santa had hopped a ride on a range of vehicles, including a fire truck, golf cart, rocket, snowplow, tractor, trolley, semitruck, and a Soap Box Derby car.
- 1946 Fruehauf Semi-Trailer, Used by Cole's Express - This 1946 Fruehauf Model FF Aerovan was a standard dry freight trailer during the 1940s. A freight trailer was a simple idea. Built with no front axle, the trailer's front is supported by a vehicle that pulls it, now called a tractor. This trailer has been painted to match the tractor used by the Coles Express, Inc., of Maine.
- 1946
- Collections - Artifact
1946 Fruehauf Semi-Trailer, Used by Cole's Express
This 1946 Fruehauf Model FF Aerovan was a standard dry freight trailer during the 1940s. A freight trailer was a simple idea. Built with no front axle, the trailer's front is supported by a vehicle that pulls it, now called a tractor. This trailer has been painted to match the tractor used by the Coles Express, Inc., of Maine.