1920s MACK \'AC\' PALUMBO BROS. DUMP & PEDDLE CAR 8x10 B&W GLOSSY PHOTO,Chicago,IL
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1920s MACK \'AC\' PALUMBO BROS. DUMP & PEDDLE CAR 8x10 B&W GLOSSY PHOTO,Chicago,IL:
$9.99
This photo is an interesting high quality new 8” x 10” black & white glossy photo reproduction of a mid-1920s MODEL ‘AC’ MACK Dump Truck Owned by PALUMBO BROS. in front of their Chicago Office, with a child on the lower right in a matching Model AC Mack peddle car.
”SAMPLE” will not appear on your photo, it is only on the scanned image. Laying the “SAMPLE” sheet over the photo for the scan, causes the image to be slightly yellowed. Your photo reproduction will be pure black & white with no yellow cast.
NOTE: Unfortunately this photo is not as dark and crisp as most of my photos, but is nevertheless a ‘Classic’ photo. I imagine original photo was an old fashioned timed exposure, and both the truck driver and the child in the peddle car moved while the photo was being exposed, and as a result both are blurry.
DESCRIPTION: A Chain-Drive Hard-Rubber-Tired ‘AC’ MACK dump truck owned by PALUMBO BROS. of Chicago, is posed in front of their office, while a child in the lower right corner sits on a similar AC MACK peddle car. The original photo was most likely a timed exposure, since the child is moving his head making his image blurry. PALUMBO BROS. was a prominent Chicago area excavator for many years, always using the ad line: “We Move the Earth”. The Palumbo phone number was Seeley 4006, with the address W. ‘something’ St. This AC is handsomely pinstriped. The AC has no headlights, but does have side cowl-mounted kerosene lanterns, an open “C Cab” with rolled-up side curtains, and wooden frame windshield which would be hinged for ventilation. This AC would be a 1922 or later, since the adjustable louvers on the side-mounted split-radiators were introduced in 1922. This full 8x10 photo is borderless.
MACK “AC”: The famous Mack Model “AC” was the truck that made Mack famous around the world, and was known as the “Bulldog” Mack for its rugged dependability in WWI Europe ... a nickname that stuck and gave rise to the phrase “Tough as a Mack truck”. Some 40,200 “AC” Macks were produced from 1916 to 1938, one of the longest production runs of any model truck. Built with a 4-cylinder gas engine and a 4-speed transmission with chain-drive, the “AC” was well suited for tough construction work. The split side-radiator behind the engine, allowed for a sloping hood design and better driver visibility. A ‘motometer’ sits atop the center of the rear mounted radiator, for the driver to monitor engine temperature, manually opening and closing the side radiator louvers to cool or warm the engine. Some of these rugged chain drive AC Macks were used up into the early 1950s ... hard to believe!
CONDITION: This outstanding black & white glossy photo is a newly reproduced photo from a photo in my personal lifetime collection. This photo has been printed on archival quality HP PREMIUM PLUS GLOSSY PHOTO PAPER using HP 02 Vivera Inks, producing a professional quality photo that resists fading over 100 years ... the best money can buy. This 8x10 photo has a white border around the photo. For your information, the description and documentation of this photo will be loosely taped to the back side of this photo. I try to ad some “added value” to my photos by researching each one, adding some history and information that you may not know. If I get something incorrect, please let me know … thanks!
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1920s MACK \'AC\' PALUMBO BROS. DUMP & PEDDLE CAR 8x10 B&W GLOSSY PHOTO,Chicago,IL:
$9.99