1949 GMC Pickup Truck
date: label: date made
content: 1949
name: label: maker
content: General Motors Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: Ira Wertman, a farmer in Andreas, Pennsylvania, raised fruits and vegetables and peddled them with this truck to retired coal miners near Allentown. He also used the truck to take produce to market and haul supplies from town to the farm. Pickup trucks have been versatile aids to a wide range of agricultural, personal, and business activities. Early pickup trucks were modified automobiles, but postwar models were larger, more powerful, and able to carry heavier loads. Some postwar pickups were used in building suburban communities. Others were used for recreational purposes such as camping, hunting, and fishing. By the 1990s, many people purchased pickups for everyday driving.
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania
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content: Work and Industry: Transportation, Road
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content: Food
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content: Family & Social Life
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content: Work
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content: America on the Move
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content: Transportation
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content: Agriculture
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content: Road Transportation
label: Exhibition
content: America On The Move
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Donald and Christine Wertman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1999.0057.01
label: accession number
content: 1999.0057
label: catalog number
content: 1999.0057.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pickup truck
label: Object Name
content: automobile
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: steel (body material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (tires material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (windows material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 78 in x 74 in x 210 in; 198.12 cm x 187.96 cm x 533.4 cm