Men with Saurer truck, "Ocean to ocean pioneer freighter," at State Capitol building in Denver, Colorado
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View of Norman Smith and A.L. Westgard with Saurer truck, "Ocean to ocean pioneer freighter," at Colorado State Capitol building in Denver. "Saurer motor truck, ocean to ocean pioneer freighter" and "Goodrich automobile tires" signs on truck. Handwritten on back: "Motor trucks--Saurer. First truck to travel across the U.S. was this 5-ton Swiss pioneer freighter. The trip started westward from the State House at Denver, Colorado on March 3, 1911 headed for San Francisco where it returned to Denver by train and continued to New York under its own power. The driver, Norman Smith is standing next to the engine on the left, and A.L. Westgard [undecipherable] and photographer is standing under the Saurer sign."