This is an excellent high quality 8” x 10” black & white glossy new photo reproduction of a 1935-1940 DODGE ‘AIRFLOW’ SOCONY-VACUUM ‘AERO MOBILGAS’ TANKER Assigned to AMERICAN AIR LINES. 

”SAMPLE” will not appear on your photo, it is only on the scanned image.

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DESCRIPTION: In response to the demand in the mid 1930s for an aerodynamically and streamlined styled tanker, Dodge truck developed their famous DODGE K52 “Airflow” design patterned after the popular airflow design of the Chrysler automobile line of 1934.  From December 1934 into 1940, some 249 Dodge Airflow Tankers were built for many of the major oil companies.  The beautiful Dodge Airflow Tanker in this photo was built for Socony-Vacuum Oil Company and used for aviation fuel for American Air Lines.  Notice the beautiful styling from front to back: from the front bumper brackets, the grille, the hood and fenders, the raised center portion of the cab roof that was carried into the tank compartment caps on the top of the tanker body, the skirts on the covered rear wheels, and the stylish curved lines to the rear of the tank body. Most Dodge Airflows had 6-cylinder 100-horsepower engines, and carried fuel tanks in the 1,275-gallon range. Although the production of the Dodge Airflow Tankers was low in terms of total truck production, they are now known as a true classic of the brief ‘streamline’ era of truck design. My original photo is stamped on the back side: “Please Credit, W. W. HENNESSY, New York” ... probably the commercial photographer that took the photo for Socony-Vacuum.  

If interested in this particular photo, I also have a right rear view available in my eBay store.  Buy both photos and they mail via USPS FIRST CLASS PACKAGE MAIL for FREE S&H.

CONDITION: This outstanding black & white photo is a newly reproduced photo from an original vintage photo from my personal lifetime collection. This photo has been printed on excellent quality HP PREMIUM PLUS GLOSSY PHOTO PAPER using Original HP 64 Inks, producing a professional quality photo that resists fading over 100 years. This full 8x10 photo is borderless.  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!

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 9x12 double envelope with a cardboard stiffener in the inner envelope ... the cardboard stiffener assures you it will arrive in excellent condition.  

I can usually mail your photo within 24 hours of your payment thru PayPal, and sometimes on the same day. You will get an email confirmation from PayPal that postage has been purchased, with a tracking number from USPS to track your photo from my post office right to your mailbox. 

PURCHASE 2 OR MORE ITEMS FROM MY SITE, AND SHIPPING WILL BE FREE.  I believe you must put your multiple items into your SHOPPING CART to receive my FREE SHIPPING and pay with a single payment. If it does not work for you, please contact me and I can manually issue you an eBAY INVOICE with the FREE Shipping.

Please check the comments in my “Feedbacks” to verify that I pack very well, ship promptly, describe my items fairly, and that my customers like the quality of my items.  Rest assured, you get what is represented.  It may be ‘old school’, but I treat my customers like I would like to be treated myself.  Trucking and construction have been my life, and now in retirement I do this with a labor of love and enjoyment.  

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Thank you for your interest in this item!