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Sparkletts water delivery truck. 1940

Description: A delivery man in uniform stands by the side of a Sparkletts water delivery truck. Writing on the truck advertises not just for Sparkletts, "California's finest drinking water", but also for "Lemolime made from Sparkletts", "Sparkleeta Club Soda" and "Sparkleeta Root Beer". The delivery man is holding a case of Sparkleeta Root Beer.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1940
Call number: photCL Whitt 1630 ; Whitt neg. 1640
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Water delivery trucks, Arrowhead purity plant. 1946

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Numerous delivery trucks parked at the Arrowhead purity plant. The trucks each have two levels of crates with large bottles in them, and have either "Puritas" or "Arrowhead" painted on the side.

photCL Whitt 1636 ; Whitt neg. 1822

A "Buick" electric appliance delivery truck

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A "Buick" electric appliance delivery truck, #29, in front of the Fourth Street General Office Building. Various electric appliances are sitting on the curb.

photCL SCE 02 - 00950

Garden Dairy "Square Deal Raw Milk" delivery truck, 3425 East Colorado. 1927

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View of a Garden Dairy "Square Deal Raw Milk" delivery truck at 3425 East Colorado. Two children seated in the truck, two standing next to the truck. The two standing children and the driver are holding glasses of milk. The truck is decorated with flowers and a large advertising sign.

photCL 402 (29203)

Service truck in garage, Beverly Hills. 1930

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A service truck of the Maddux company is parked in a large, high-ceilinged garage. There are several automobiles against the far wall being looked at by men in white coveralls. One such man is kneeling by the front passenger tire of the service truck. Lettering on the side of the truck reads "Lincoln" and "Maddux Inc. 9230 Wilshire Blvd. Beverly Hills CR-4131".

photCL Whitt 2513 ; Whitt neg. 2527

Pneumatic delivery system, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles. 1941

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A man pulls paper clipped papers out of a pneumatic delivery tube at the Los Angeles Times. There are a series of ten tubes on the wall in front of him, and a telephone on the desk on the left.

photCL Whitt 1443 ; Whitt neg. 1226

Model Cleaners with delivery trucks, 2955 East Colorado, Pasadena. 1930

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Street view of the Model Cleaners at 2955 East Colorado, with three delivery trucks parked in front. A man in a suit and tie stands on the sidewalk outside the cleaners.

photCL 402 (32848)

Sparkletts water delivery truck. 1940

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