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English: Schwabacher delivery truck with Carnation milk, ca. 1920   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Photographer
Webster & Stevens
Title
English: Schwabacher delivery truck with Carnation milk, ca. 1920
Description
English: Schwabacher Brothers & Company, a San Francisco firm, opened an branch in Seattle in the 1860s. Within a short time, the firm became Puget Sound's major wholesaler of canned goods, dry goods and other materials to the logging camps, mill towns and farming communities. The first supplies were delivered across the water and upriver by steamer. In later years, the firm used the railroad and delivery trucks.

This photo, taken around 1920 in downtown Seattle, shows a Schwabacher Brothers delivery truck with a load of Carnation evaporated milk. The firm was based on Occidental Avenue, with a warehouse and dock at the waterfront.

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Trucks; Men--Employment; Schwabacher Bros. & Co. Inc; Carnation Company
Depicted place
English: Seattle (Wash.)
Date circa 1920
date QS:P571,+1920-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium
English: 1 negative : nitrate, b&w
Dimensions height: 8 in (20.3 cm); width: 10 in (25.4 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,8U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,10U218593
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
Museum of History and Industry
Accession number
5104
Source
English: Museum of History and Industry
Permission
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Public domain
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.
Credit Line
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PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved

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