Type: Original photographs (2) – gelatin-silver print

Subject: Early motor truck made by DIEHL with Fisk truck tires

Location: [Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]

Date: 1910s-1920s

Size: 9 7/8 x 7 3/4 inches; 8 1/16 x 9 7/8 inches

Content: Two photographs an early motor truck made by Diehl.

History: Diehl Motor Truck Works was founded by Samuel Ervin Diehl (1855-1946) and manufactured motor trucks that were used by bottlers and other companies in the 1920s.

Condition: Photographs have edge chipping and tears (largest 1/2 inch), creases, noticeable soiling, typical silvering, etc. See pictures.

References:

S. Ervin Diehl. Forest Hills Cemetery. Huntingdon Valley, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Find a Grave.

Images of America Cheltenham Township by the Old York Road Historical Society. (pg. 110)

The Commercial Car Journal. Volume XXII, No. 1. September 15, 1921 (pg. 65). 

Item Number: 24042502