This is an excellent quality ORIGINAL FULL-SIZED 9-Page 1947 LIFE Magazine Photo Article on PACIFIC INTERMOUNTAIN EXPRESS CO., known as P.I.E.
”SAMPLE” will not appear on your photo, it is only on the scanned images.
DESCRIPTION: From the January 20, 1947 issue of LIFE magazine, a 9-page photo illustrated (all in black & white of course) article on P.I.E. with the title of: HEAVY TRUCKING. BIG DIESELS ROLL UP PROFITS FOR A GROWING COMPANY. Original page size is 10-1/4” wide x 14” high.
SCAN #1: Page 1: Nice 2/3 page b&w photo of a P.I.E. Peterbilt diesel rolling along a western highway, with the article beginning on the bottom 1/3 of the page.
SCAN #2: Scan of part of the actual front page of the Jan 20, 1947 issue of LIFE magazine (the magazine cover is larger than my scanner bed, so is only a partial scan).
SCAN #3: Page #3 of Pages 2 & 3: “THE LOADING. It requires 13 workers to prepare truck for trip.” The scan shows 3 b&w photos of boxed freight on the dock, the dispatch office with dispatcher and 4 drivers in the background, and on the bottom is a nice b&w photo of a ‘swarm of trucks’ at the Salt Lake City terminal.
Pages 4 & 5 (no scan) a double page b&w photo of a P.I.E. Peterbilt tractor & Brown semi-trailer driving through snow-covered Donner Pass in California.
Pages 6 & 7 (no scan): “THE ROUTE - OAKLAND-CHICAGO TAKES 10 DRIVERS”. B & W photos of the 10 drivers: Tex Houser, Cessna, Mayfield, Prout, Duffin, Nelson, Chergo, Dalton, Thrasher, and Richards - with their leg of the journey; a P.I.E. Peterbilt-Brown in Salt Lake City in front of the Mormon Temple, and a P.I.E. Peterbilt pulling through cattle town Seibert, Colo: a group of 6 P.I.E. drivers at a ‘favorite coffee joint’ (Shoopman’s Cafe) in Rock Springs, Wyo.; and a P.I.E. single axle REO pulling a semi-trailer at the end of the trip in smoky Chicago.
SCAN #4: page 8: “OPERATIONS, KEEPING TRUCKS MOVING IS BIG JOB”. Photo in the upper left of the Tire Shop in SLC; upper right of a Tachograph; lower left of the loading dock in Oakland; and lower right of the manual transfer of eastbound freight in smaller trailers at Denver because of differing state laws east of Colorado.
Page #9: a full page b&w photo of a uniformed P.I.E. driver holding a warning flare in front of his REO tractor - FRUEHAUF semi-trailer as it stalled on a dark road.
MAIL COST: I have the entire LIFE magazine, but to mail it to you in its entirety would cost $7.97 via USPS RETAIL GROUND (weight 1 lb. 2 oz.). Because the magazine contains many, many ads, it does not quality for USPS MEDIA MAIL. If I mail it Media Mail, the cost is only $3.09, but there is a risk that it will be opened for mail inspection … since Media Mail should not contain ‘advertisements’, what USPS would do with it, I’m not sure. To carefully remove the entire 9-page original article along with the original LIFE cover, would be just 4 oz. in a manilla 11-1/2” wide x 14” high envelope costs just $2.60. That is how I would suggest I mail it to you, unless you instruct me differently.
If you have a special request, please contact me, and I’ll do what I can for you.
SHIPPING & HANDLING: This item will be shipped via USPS FIRST CLASS MAIL - PACKAGE RATE (non-machinable) within the USA, including FREE USPS Tracking from USPS from my door to your mailbox.
Your item will be mailed FLAT, carefully packed in a large 11-1/2”x14” single manilla envelope. Of course, there is a chance that the Postal Service may damage the envelope in the mail … I have no control over that. I will mark it DO NOT BEND. However, an envelope this size will most likely be rolled or bent to fit in your mailbox. And it could be damage by machinery in the USPS system.
For extra cost, I can double envelope it with a stiff cardboard in the inner envelope … like I mail all my photos. But due to the oversize of this envelope, the postage will cost more.
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HISTORY OF P.I.E.: As you may already know, P.I.E./PACIFIC INTERMOUNTAIN EXPRESS became the largest trucking company in the world in 1956. The story starts in 1927 when Ray V. Lilenquest joined his brothers Bill and Les to run two Model A Fords providing service from Pocatello, ID, to Idaho Falls. Many changes occurred over the early years, with P.I.E. finally taking shape from three consolidated companies in 1940. By 1946 P.I.E. had 535 employees and was growing rapidly through many acquisitions in the late 1940s and 1950s. With the purchase of West Coast Freight and System Tank Lines in 1954, P.I.E became the largest hauler of petroleum products in the world. Service extended from the west coast to St. Louis and Chicago. P.I.E. employed virtually every type of available road equipment, and also designed some of their own dromedary tractors. By the mid 1960s P.I.E. extended service to the east coast through more acquisitions, having 67 terminals in 29 states. In 1973 the company was purchased by IU International, and in 1983 merged with Ryder Truck Lines, forming Ryder/P.I.E Nationwide. In 1985 the company was sold again, with the name shortened to P.I.E. Nationwide. By 1989 loses were staggering, and the company was sold again, absorbing Transcon Lines. Loses continued, and in 1990 P.I.E. filed Chapter XI bankruptcy. An attempt to scale back operations failed, with one of America’s most famous common carriers closing their doors forever, but leaving many fond memories.
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