Twin Pines Farm Dairy Delivery Truck, circa 1959

Summary

Detroit Industrial Vehicles Company, formed in 1926 and marketed as Divco, manufactured trucks for all manner of delivery services -- particularly home-delivery dairy producers. Most Divco trucks had throttle and brake controls on their steering columns, allowing drivers to operate the vehicles while standing. Divco passed through multiple corporate owners before ending production in 1986.

Detroit Industrial Vehicles Company, formed in 1926 and marketed as Divco, manufactured trucks for all manner of delivery services -- particularly home-delivery dairy producers. Most Divco trucks had throttle and brake controls on their steering columns, allowing drivers to operate the vehicles while standing. Divco passed through multiple corporate owners before ending production in 1986.

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

circa 1959

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

97.1.1799.1

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8 in

Width: 10 in

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