Men with Saurer truck, "Ocean to ocean pioneer freighter," in San Francisco, California

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Description

View of men posing with Saurer truck, "Ocean to ocean pioneer freighter," on Telegraph Hill in San Francisco, California. "Saurer motor truck, ocean to ocean pioneer freighter" and "Agents, Motor Sales of Cal., 346 Golden Gate Ave." banners on truck. Typed on back: "Before being shipped back to Colorado by rail, the five-ton Saurer undertook the cobblestone, 34 per cent grade of Telegraph Hill in San Francisco. This was often used as the hill-climbing proving ground for early motor vehicles on the West Coast."

Details

Resource ID:: na009621
Subject:: Trucks; International Motor Company; Telegraph Hill (San Francisco, Calif.); Photographic prints
Date:: 1911
Format:: 1 photographic print ; 8 x 9.75 in.
Department:: National Automotive History Collection
Collection:: Lazarnick Collection
Location:: Motor trucks--Saurer
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.