Caravan of early 1900s Packard trucks fully loaded and pulling extra trailers

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Description

Packard Co. file photograph of a caravan of early 1900s Packard trucks fully loaded, pulling extra trailers, sign on side of front truck reads "First Direct Shipment of Sunkist Oranges & Lemons Los Angeles to London," on road next to railroad tracks, two men in front cab, front truck as an American flag attached to radiator. Inscribed on photo back: "Packard trucks, post World War I, transporting California "Sunkist" oranges & lemons."

Details

Creator:: Packard Motor Car Company
Resource ID:: EB01e741
Subject:: Trucks; Packard Motor Car Company; Citrus fruit industry; Photographic prints
Date:: c.1940
Format:: 1 photographic print ; 8 x 10 in.
Department:: National Automotive History Collection
Collection:: Packard Collection
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.