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Title
[Truck - Golden West Motor Company - Sacramento]
Date
[ca. 1914]
Description
1 photoprint ; 5 x 7 in.
Subject(s)
Summary
Maybe it's the owners, maybe it's the investors, but this shot taken at the Golden West Motors Factory, 7th Avenue and Riverside Boulevard, shows a proud group atop one of only two trucks made by the company in 1914. The vehicles were four wheel steer, four wheel drive two-ton behemoths on a 132" wheelbase. To promote sales the two trucks engaged in a game of "truck polo" downtown in China Slough, near the current Amtrak depot. The hoopla didn't help and the company was reorganized several times before disappearing in the 1920's.
Owning
Institution
Sacramento Public Library, Sacramento Room
Copyright
© Sacramento Public Library, Sacramento Room
Filing
Location
PICTURE FILE
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