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Title
Motel on Wheels
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection;
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1957
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/
Description
Photograph caption dated July 18, 1957 reads "To facilitate customer service in long distance moving, Frank L. McKee, of North Hollywood, president of National Van Lines, has designed a new tractor-trailer as shown above. On the left is the driver's seat with seats for his assistants; on the right is glimpse of sleeping, dressing, lavatory quarters for drivers on their coast-to-coast trips." See image 00154691 for additional photo in this series.
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
Identifier
00154692
Valley Times Collection;
HCNVT_d058_f17_i30
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/127744
Subject
National Van Lines
Tractor trailer combinations
Automobiles
Automobiles--Interiors
North Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Time Period
1951-1960

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