Description: Photograph of two early trucks with a caption reading "Hydraulic Hoist & Body Co. Pgh. Pa." This may refer to the Wood Hydraulic Hoist & Body Company of Detroit, which also had branch offices in Pittsburgh, Chicago and New York. This company was described in the 1919 Chilton Automobile Directory as having the "Largest plants in the world devoted Exclusively to the manufacture of Steel Dump Bodies and Wood Hydraulic Hoists." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC1261_008
Subjects: Cars; Trucks; Transportation; Automobile equipment & supplies;
Places: Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania)
 

Description: A line of trucks transport Pioneer Seed corn crops in this Iowa photograph taken by Joe Munroe, ca. 1950. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05906
Subjects: Joe Munroe; Corn; Agriculture; Trucks
Places: Iowa
 

Description: Photograph showing a Dodge Stake parked in front of a dealership. According to the hand-written caption, the car was sold for $550.00 in 1925 at D.Q. Jennings Used Cars. The name of the dealership is advertised on a hanging sign in the background. The caption below the photograph reads: "1925 Dodge 3/4 Stake NO 3171 550.00." From the first Dodge Brothers automobile in 1914, the company was renowned for its durability and quality earning a strong reputation and good sales. Following the deaths of the Dodge brothers in 1921, Graham Brothers started selling 1.5-ton pickups through Dodge dealers. The Graham-bodied automobiles contained Dodge parts. A one-ton model showed up later in the 1920s, still powered by that same four cylinder engine, and Dodge Brothers bought a controlling interest in Graham Brothers in 1925, picking up the rest in 1926. In 1928, Chrysler acquired the Dodge Brothers company, just after launched its DeSoto and Fargo truck brands, both of which competed directly with Dodge Brothers. Fargo trucks sold in the US from 1928 through 1930, and continued for decades as an export brand. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC1261_002
Subjects: Cars; Trucks; Transportation; Automobile equipment & supplies; Industrialists--Ohio;
Places: Steubenville (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio);
 

Description: Photograph showing a 1924 Dodge 3/4 Panel parked in front of a dealership. According to the hand-written caption, the car was priced at $395.00 at D.Q. Jennings Used Cars. The name of the dealership is advertised on a hanging sign in the background. The caption below the photograph reads: "1924 Dodge 3/4 Panel NO 3182 395.00." From the first Dodge Brothers automobile in 1914, the company was renowned for its durability and quality earning a strong reputation and good sales. Following the deaths of the Dodge brothers in 1921, Graham Brothers started selling 1.5-ton pickups through Dodge dealers. The Graham-bodied automobiles contained Dodge parts. A one-ton model showed up later in the 1920s, still powered by that same four cylinder engine, and Dodge Brothers bought a controlling interest in Graham Brothers in 1925, picking up the rest in 1926. In 1928, Chrysler acquired the Dodge Brothers company, just after launched its DeSoto and Fargo truck brands, both of which competed directly with Dodge Brothers. Fargo trucks sold in the US from 1928 through 1930, and continued for decades as an export brand. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC1261_005
Subjects: Cars; Trucks; Transportation; Automobile equipment & supplies; Industrialists--Ohio;
Places: Steubenville (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio);
 

Description: Convoy of trucks gathered near the grand stand in Bucyrus, Ohio, ca. 1917-1919. They were possibly transporting troops and military supplies during World War I. The sign on the side of one of the trucks reads: "Ages of Enlistment 18-35 No man Is Too Old To Learn". View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07267
Subjects: Trucks; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Transportation--Ohio
Places: Bucyrus (Ohio); Crawford County (Ohio)
 

Description: Three 5" by 7" (12.7 by 17.8 cm) photographs show the cabin in which President Ulysses S. Grant was born. They were taken on February 24, 1936, the day the cabin was removed from the Ohio State Fairgrounds in Columbus. The first photograph shows workers dismantling the cabin. The second shows portions of the cabin being loaded onto trucks and the third shows the trucks ready to depart. The small frame cabin in which Grant was born in 1822 was removed from its foundation in Point Pleasant in 1888. It was paced aboard a boat for exhibition in Cincinnati. Afterwards it was moved to Columbus's Goodale Park as part of the Northwest Territory centennial. During the 1890s the cabin was returned to the fairgrounds in Columbus, where it remained until 1936, when the Ohio Historical Society, under a legislative order, returned it to its original site in Point Pleasant. Born Hiram Ulysses Grant in Point Pleasant Ohio, Grant entered West Point in 1839 where a roster mistakenly listed his name as Ulysses Simpson. He was known as Ulysses S. Grant for the rest of his life. Grant served in the Mexican War but was never happy with military life and resigned his commission in 1854. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he organized a company in Galena and later accepted command of the 21st Illinois Regiment. In August 1861, Lincoln made Grant brigadier general of volunteers. In 1864, Grant was made lieutenant general commanding all the armies of the U.S. Grant served as president from 1869-1877. Southern reconstruction was one of the major issues of Grant's presidency. He occasionally encouraged the process with the force of federal troops. Although Grant is considered to have been honest himself, he was surrounded by dishonest men, causing his administration to be marred with scandal. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om3224_3832105_001
Subjects: Architecture; Transportation; Presidents and Politics; Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885; Presidents; Trucks; Houses; Construction
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio); Point Pleasant (Ohio); Clermont County (Ohio)
 

Description: Employees of the East Ohio Gas Company, now Dominion East Ohio, posed with the company's Youngstown fleet of Ford trucks, 1927. The East Ohio Gas Company warehouse and garage in Youngstown, Ohio were located at 1134-1148 W. Rayen Avenue at the Thurman Street intersection. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL00689
Subjects: Trucks; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Youngstown (Ohio); Mahoning County (Ohio)
 

Description: Truck dump made by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio. The Central Sugar Company, Decatur, Indiana, used this machine to empty sugar beets from its trucks, 1933. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01538
Subjects: Trucks; Ohio Economy--Economy--Business
Places: Decatur (Indiana)
 

Description: Photograph showing a Ford truck parked in front of a dealership. According to the hand-written caption, the car was sold for $125.00 on September 22, 1925, at D.Q. Jennings Used Cars. The name of the dealership is advertised on a hanging sign in the background. The caption below the photograph reads: "1923 Ford Truck Sold 9/22/25 NO 3141 125.00." In 1909, automobile manufacturer Henry Ford introduced the Model T. This automobile became the most popular and affordable car available to the American people during the 1910s and the 1920s. In 1912, the Model T sold for six hundred dollars. Twelve years later, thanks to Ford's use of the assembly line, interchangeable parts, and unskilled labor, the Model T's price had dropped to just 290 dollars, making it easily affordable for the typical American. Helping to keep the price low was Ford's unwillingness to provide consumers with any frills on the Model T. Every Model T left the factory painted black, reducing the cost of paint and helping Ford to reduce the car's cost. Between 1909 and 1927, Ford only made two major changes to the Model T's design: adding roofs to the cars and equipping the autos with self-starters. The Model T and automobiles in general dramatically altered life in the United States and in Ohio. Cities quickly grew in geographic size, as workers, who formerly resided near their places of employment, moved to the suburbs. Schools became larger, as children could be bused long distances to receive their education. Social activities, such as dating, changed as people could travel greater distances to movie theaters, art galleries, and other entertainment venues. Promiscuity increased, as teenagers escaped the watchful eyes of their parents. Americans also increasingly went into debt as they purchased automobiles on credit. The first automobile dealer to sell cars on a deferred payment plan operated his business in Toledo, Ohio. Ford quickly employed a similar tactic to convince more consumers to purchase his Model T. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC1261_001
Subjects: Trucks; Cars; Transportation; Industrialists--Ohio; Automobile equipment & supplies;
Places: Steubenville (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio);
 

Description: Photograph showing a Ford truck parked in front of a dealership. According to the caption at the bottom, the car was priced at $195.00 in 1923 by D.Q. Jennings Used Cars. The name of the dealership is advertised on a hanging sign in the background. The caption below the photograph reads: "1923 Ford Iron Panel NO 3180 195.00." In 1909, automobile manufacturer Henry Ford introduced the Model T. This automobile became the most popular and affordable car available to the American people during the 1910s and the 1920s. In 1912, the Model T sold for six hundred dollars. Twelve years later, thanks to Ford's use of the assembly line, interchangeable parts, and unskilled labor, the Model T's price had dropped to just 290 dollars, making it easily affordable for the typical American. Helping to keep the price low was Ford's unwillingness to provide consumers with any frills on the Model T. Every Model T left the factory painted black, reducing the cost of paint and helping Ford to reduce the car's cost. Between 1909 and 1927, Ford only made two major changes to the Model T's design-adding roofs to the cars and equipping the autos with self-starters. The Model T and automobiles in general dramatically altered life in the United States and in Ohio. Cities quickly grew in geographic size, as workers, who formerly resided near their places of employment, moved to the suburbs. Schools became larger, as children could be bused long distances to receive their education. Social activities, such as dating, changed as people could travel greater distances to movie theaters, art galleries, and other entertainment venues. Promiscuity increased, as teenagers escaped the watchful eyes of their parents. Americans also increasingly went into debt as they purchased automobiles on credit. The first automobile dealer to sell cars on a deferred payment plan operated his business in Toledo, Ohio. Ford quickly employed a similar tactic to convince more consumers to purchase his Model T. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC1261_003
Subjects: Cars; Trucks; Transportation; Automobile equipment & supplies; Industrialists--Ohio;
Places: Steubenville (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio);
 

Description: Photograph showing a Chevy truck parked in front of a dealership. According to the caption at the bottom, the car was sold for $195.00 at D.Q. Jennings Used Cars in 1923. The name of the dealership is advertised on a hanging sign in the background. The caption below the photograph reads: "1923 Chev Iron Express NO 3165 195.00." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC1261_004
Subjects: Cars; Trucks; Transportation; Automobile equipment & supplies; Industrialists--Ohio;
Places: Steubenville (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio);
 

Description: This photograph shows a Graham Bros. 1 ton canopy truck parked in front of a dealership. According to the caption at the bottom, the car was sold for $955.00 in 1925 at D.Q. Jennings Used Cars. The name of the dealership is advertised on a hanging sign in the background. The caption below the photograph reads: "1925 G.B. Iron Canopy Sold NO 3178 985.00." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC1261_006
Subjects: Cars; Trucks; Transportation; Automobile equipment & supplies; Industrialists--Ohio;
Places: Steubenville (Ohio); Jefferson County (Ohio);