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Photograph caption dated March 20, 1959 reads "Rugged construction work as well as clearing up hillside rock and mud slides will be the jobs for these six Trojan loaders, recently added to the Los Angeles County Road Department's mobile fleet. From left, C. M. (Max) Gilliss, county road commissioner; Buck Hitt, county equipment coordinator, and Jack Fremon of Garlinghouse-Fremon & Co., Los Angeles Trojan dealer, inspect one of the new Yale Trojan 104s, capable of lifting 2 1/2 tons of dirt in one bucket bite."
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