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