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- 1951-09-12
Part of Richards Studio Photographs
A Highway "Super" truck, manufactured by the General Traffic Controls, Inc., is stopped in the process of painting a line down a city street. No driver can be seen. The large cannister to the truck's rear apparently is the source of the paint used. General Traffic Controls is a new corporation headed by Tacoma police officer, Sgt. Carl Sohmer, who invented the highway striping device. The vehicle is on its way to Los Angeles for demonstrations before the National Institute of Traffic Engineers. (TNT 9-23-51, A-4) TPL-8781
Trucks--Tacoma--1950-1960; General Traffic Controls, Inc. (Tacoma); Sohmer, Carl; Street maintenance & repair--Tacoma;