Soldier posing with 1911 Gramm truck
View of soldier posing with 1911 Gramm two ton truck, parked in front of Hexter Motor Truck Company building. Sign on truck reads: "The Gramm 2 ton wins Chicago-Detroit and return, endurance contest, 750 miles. Now enroute Chicago to Boston via N.Y. and Springfield, 1381 2/10 miles. Scheduled to reach Boston, Saturday, Sept. 2nd. Watch the score. Buy the Gramm built to meet every requirement. 1, 2, 3 and 5 ton capacities. Gramm, two ton capacity, the Gramm Motor Car Co., Lima, Ohio." Pennants for Detroit, Buffalo, Cleveland, Albany, Poughkeepsie and Lima decorate truck. Sign in front of building in background: "Gramm motor trucks, 1, 2, 3 & 5 tons, Hexter Motor Truck Company, metropolitan distributors." Stamped on back: "Spooner & Wells, Inc., photographers, telephones 3472-3473 Columbus, 1931 Broadway, New York." Handwritten on back: "Motor trucks--Gramm, 1911."
- Creator:
- Spooner & Wells
- Resource ID:
- na009391
- Subject:
- Trucks
- Gramm Motor Car Company
- Soldiers
- Photographers--New York (State)--New York
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- unknown
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 7.75 x 9.25 in.
- Department:
- National Automotive History Collection
- Collection:
- Lazarnick Collection
- Location:
- Motor trucks--Gramm
- Negative Number:
- Negative #C10,608
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.