The Pacific Northwest Truck Museum in Brooks, Oregon, is dedicated to the preservation of trucking history. Founded in 1989, the Museum preserves and displays all aspects of trucking history, including trucks and trucking artifacts. Over 75 trucks are on display. Shown below are some of the pre-1920 trucks which are on display.
1914 White Flatbed Truck
Shown above is the taillight
1915 White Express
1916 Moreland Model N ¾ Ton Stakerack
Moreland Trucks were built in Los Angeles from 1914 until the early 1940s.
1917 Maxwell Peddler’s Truck
The Maxwell Motor Company, founded in 1913, produced primarily economy cars and was one of the top three automakers of the era (along with Ford and Buick). From 1917 to 1923, Maxwell also produced a line of 1 ½ ton trucks.
Notice that the front tire is pneumatic while the rear tires are solid rubber.
1917 Maxwell Truck
1917 REO
This vehicle was advanced for the time and featured electric lights, sheet metal fenders, and the F-head engine with overhead intake and in-block exhaust valves.
1917 Model “G” Gersix #42
This 2 ½ ton truck has a top speed of 15 mph. Gersix takes it name from its founder—Louis and Edgar Gerfinger—and its six-cylinder engine. Gersix trucks were made in Portland, Oregon, and Tacoma, Washington, from 1915 to 1922. E. K. Worthington and H.W. Kent took over the company which became the Kenworth Motor Truck Co.
1919 Samson ¾ Ton Truck
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