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Reference code
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Item
Title
D47435-1
Date(s)
- 1950-01-24 (Creation)
Extent
Name of creator
(1919-1980)
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
An International truck equiped as a cement truck for Pioneer Sand and Gravel has backed into a construction site to pour a basement or foundation on a snowy day in January 1950. Pioneer Sand & Gravel advertised their "Blue Trucks" for cement delivery. The names "Pioneer Sand & Gravel" and "Tru-Mix" have been painted on the cover for the rotating drum and cab door. Ordered by Pioneer Sand & Gravel, Seattle, Vance Tjossem.
Pioneer Sand & Gravel Co. (Steilacoom); Concrete mixers--Tacoma; Concrete--Tacoma; Building construction--Tacoma--1950-1960; International trucks;