Photograph
Townsend Oil Company Truck
| A man, standing in front of three large storage tanks, is filling the tank on the back of an International Model 63 truck owned by the Townsend Oil Company. |
| Image ID: | 83647 |
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| Creation Date: | 03 17 1925 |
| Creator Name: | International Harvester Company |
| City: | LeRoy |
| County: | |
| State: | New York |
| Collection Name: | International Harvester Company photo albums, circa 1899-1965 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | MCC MSS 7Z, Album 254, Pg.30 |
| Original Dimensions: | 8.25 x 6 inches |
| The original typewritten caption reads: "(Two views) Model 63 International motor truck owned by the Townsend Oil Company, LeRoy, New York. The truck had been delivered about two months before the picture was taken, March 17, 1925. This motor truck is utilized in hauling gasoline and oil, and in both pictures it is shown with the tank being loaded. With the tank full there is a slight overload. Tracy Rudgers, driver, said that the truck would be on the go all the time very soon and that he expected to average 40 miles daily." |
| Work clothes |
| Storage tanks |
| Industrial buildings |
| Men |
| Outdoor photography |
| Fuel trade |
| Signs and symbols |
| Trucks |
| Blue collar workers |
| Truck drivers |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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