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| Title | Ship by Truck Parade |
| Description | The "Ship By Truck" parade at the Minnesota State Fair Grounds in St. Paul, Minnesota. During the parade, 1300 trucks passed by 200,000 spectators. In 1918, Harvey S. Firestone began the "Ship By Truck" campaign. The campaign led to an increase in truck usage and the development of a national highway system. |
| Subject | Trucking Industry
Trucks, Models of
Transportation
Minnesota
Parades
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| Names | Firestone, Harvey S.
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| Contributors | Akron-Summit County Public Library
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| Date | 1 September 1919 |
| Type | Image
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| Format | 9.5 in. x 6 in. |
| Source | TH_Trucks_Fair.jpg |
| Language | English |
| Relation | Trucking History Collection
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| About this Collection | For additional information please read "The Motor Wagons: The Origin and History of Long-Distance Truck Transportation" by Peggy J. Russell, available through the Special Collections Division. |
| Additional Information | http://www.akronlibrary.org/internetresources/sc/finding/trucking.pdf |
| Rights | The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of reproductions of copyrighted material. This material from the picture file is protected by the copyright law. The library makes this picture available for the personal use of the borrower to be used for private study, scholarship or research. Reproduction, alteration or derivative use of this visual image for the purposes other than those listed above without the express written permission of the copyright holder may constitute an infringement of copyright law. |
