Alco truck and automobile at Fort McPherson National Cemetery, first transcontinental delivery of merchandise, 1912

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Description

View of Alco truck owned by the Chas. W. Young & Co. of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and unidentified car in front of the Fort McPherson National Cemetery in Nebraska during the first transcontinental delivery of merchandise in 1912. Handwritten on back: "Fort McPherson military cemetery between Gothenberg and North Platte, Neb. Tours--Philadelphia to San Francisco, 1912. 1st transcontinental delivery of merchandise by motor truck."

Details

Resource ID:: na030830
Subject:: Trucks--Nebraska; American Locomotive Company; Automobiles--Nebraska; Commercial products--Transportation; Fort McPherson National Cemetery; Photographic prints
Date:: 1912
Format:: 1 photographic print ; 8 x 10 in.
Department:: National Automotive History Collection
Collection:: Lazarnick Collection
Location:: Tours--Philadelphia to San Francisco, 1912
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.