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- 1949-02-18
Part of Richards Studio Photographs
Pickup trucks delivering small drums, Griffin Fuel Company, Otto Salverson. Heavy trucks were banned on county oil mat or gravel roads because of poor road conditions after winter damage. To provide needed fuel oil Griffin Fuel Company brought out an emergency "thaw" service with a fleet of pickup trucks served by tanker trucks stationed at strategic points to deliver oil to rural homes cut off by the ban. Seen here is a 1912 model White truck with a large barrel in the back being filled by Griffin employees. (T.Times, 2/20/1949, p.36) TPL-9960
Griffin Fuel Co. (Tacoma)--Employees; Trucks--Tacoma--1940-1950; White trucks; Streets--Tacoma--1940-1950;