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The United States Post Office Department introduced parcel post in 1913. This service enabled an individual to mail a item larger than a letter, up to 11 pounds (5.0 kg) in weight. [3] [4] [5] This was on top of laws, Private Express Statutes, that gave the US Post Office the exclusive
Two truck manufacturers that emerged during this time were a former sewing machine maker, White (pictured above), and one that would become a modern euphemism for "truck," Mack. [4] By 1920 there were over a million trucks on America's roads. [1] A U.S. Post Office truck decorated for the 1921 Christmas season
United States Post Office, Whittier, 1935 Whittier-Union High School, Whittier, 1940 Detail of rotunda, Burbank City Hall Redding Fire House Nevada County Courthouse, Nevada City Lark Theater, Larkspur Cascade Theater , Redding Cow Palace, Daly City Point Hueneme Light , Santa Barbara Channel Aztec Hotel , Monrovia Amador County Courthouse ...
In the late 1930s, CF began serving the Northwest US region and down the West coast into California but by the late 1940s had routes as far east as Chicago. The company operated about 1,600 pieces of equipment by 1950 with revenues of US$24 million. [1] The company went public in November 1951, opening on the New York Stock Exchange at $1.80.
It was first used by the Warren, Ohio, Post Office 4 August 1954, under Postmaster Sam Verlenich who posed with five carriers next to their trucks, for the historic photograph on the front page of the Warren Tribune Chronicle. The mail van used by the USPS for local deliveries since the late-1980s is the Grumman LLV (Long Life Vehicle).
The U.S. Post Office in San Pedro, California, is a historic Streamline Moderne post office built in 1936. Designed by supervising architect Louis A. Simon with architects Gordon Kaufmann and W. Horace Austin, the San Pedro Post Office was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. The building also formerly served as a U.S ...
When commercial sales of the trucks restarted post-war, they resumed as the 1946 Dodge W-series. [7] Historic author on Dodge trucks, Don Bunn, noted that the 1939–1947 Job-Rated trucks represent a very significant segment in Dodge history. They were the first to be mass-produced in the new, huge (Mound Road) Warren truck plant.
Powell Manufacturing Company [1] [2] (PMC) was a company based in southern California, widely known for its line of motor scooters that peaked in popularity in the late 1940s. From September 1954 [3] to March 1957, Powell manufactured "Sport Wagon" pickup trucks and station wagons. [4]