Alco truck traveling on rural road near Cedar Rapids, Iowa, first transcontinental delivery of merchandise, 1912

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Alco truck traveling on rural road near Cedar Rapids, Iowa, first transcontinental delivery of merchandise, 1912
Description:
View of Alco truck owned by the Chas. W. Young & Co. of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania traveling on rural dirt road near Cedar Rapids, Iowa during the first transcontinental delivery of merchandise in 1912. Trestle bridge in background. Handwritten on back: "Just west of Cedar Rapids, Ia. Tours--Philadelphia to San Francisco, 1912. 1st transcontinental delivery of merchandise by motor truck."
Details
Resource ID:
na030829
Subject:
Trucks--Iowa
American Locomotive Company
Commercial products--Transportation
Trestles--Iowa
Photographic prints
Date Issued:
1912
Format:
1 photographic print ; 8 x 10 in.
Member of:
National Automotive History Collection
Lazarnick Collection
Filing Location:
Tours--Philadelphia to San Francisco, 1912
Rights:
Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.