Photograph
Model Steam Laundry Company Truck
| An International Model D-2 truck owned by Model Laundry Company parked outside the business' storefront. The truck is painted in a checkerboard pattern and the text on its side reads: "Model - Tone Cleaning. State License 27. Model Laundry Co." |
| Image ID: | 89170 |
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| Creation Date: | 09 20 1938 |
| Creator Name: | International Harvester Company |
| City: | Charlotte |
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| State: | North Carolina |
| 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 433, Pg.161 |
| Original Dimensions: | 9.25 x 7.5 inches |
| The original typewritten caption reads: "The Model Steam Laundry Company, Charlotte, North Carolina, is now operating a fleet of twelve International motor trucks. The checkerboard finish is especially effective as an attention getter on ten recently purchased streamlined Model D-2 1/2-ton panel trucks. One of these is shown in front of the Model Steam Laundry. The checkerboard squares are 6 inches square. The lettering is in gold with blue shading. (More in mimeographed article 'Painted Like a Checkerboard.')." |
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| Clothing and dress |
| Cities and towns |
| Sidewalks |
| Dry cleaning industry |
| Men |
| Outdoor photography |
| Delivery of goods |
| Signs and signboards |
| Neon lighting |
| Streets |
| Trucks |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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