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Trucks Collection (#7)

"Trucks: The Unsung Heroes of D-Day and Beyond" As the world held its breath on that fateful day, trucks became the lifeline for victory

Background imageTrucks Collection: Steam Railway small gauge goods train No. 823

Steam Railway small gauge goods train No. 823 Date: 20th century

Background imageTrucks Collection: George Stephenson's Locomotion aka Puffing Billy

George Stephenson's Locomotion aka Puffing Billy Locomotive Railway Train Date: 1825

Background imageTrucks Collection: Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Militia marching

Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). Militia marching to the front at the beggining of war

Background imageTrucks Collection: Moroccan civilians on the Green March

Moroccan civilians on the Green March
A road is filled with trucks and buses carrying Moroccan civilian men into Western Sahara to take part in the Green March, a mass demonstration of 350, 000 people organised by King Hassan II

Background imageTrucks Collection: Fork-lift truck Gagarin salute

Fork-lift truck Gagarin salute
A salute is made to the achievement of Yuri Gagarin, first man in space, at a demonstration of fork-lift trucks at the Basingstoke factory of Lansing Bagnall Ltd

Background imageTrucks Collection: 1950's Blue Ford Truck For Sale, #81

1950's Blue Ford Truck For Sale, #81
Andrew Beavis

Background imageTrucks Collection: 1948 Dodge Ram Truck Right, #69

1948 Dodge Ram Truck Right, #69
Andrew Beavis

Background imageTrucks Collection: Wine Warehouse in Bercy, Cours Saint-Emilion, Paris, c. 1955 (b/w photo)

Wine Warehouse in Bercy, Cours Saint-Emilion, Paris, c. 1955 (b/w photo)
1731168 Wine Warehouse in Bercy, Cours Saint-Emilion, Paris, c.1955 (b/w photo) by French Photographer (20th century); (add.info.: Wine warehouse in Bercy)

Background imageTrucks Collection: Row of Delivery Trucks, Washington DC, USA, c. 1923 (b/w photo)

Row of Delivery Trucks, Washington DC, USA, c. 1923 (b/w photo)
5974434 Row of Delivery Trucks, Washington DC, USA, c. 1923 (b/w photo) by Harris & Ewing (1905-45); Private Collection

Background imageTrucks Collection: Waiting after the end of the job

Waiting after the end of the job
Álvaro Moreno Gómez

Background imageTrucks Collection: Scraps

Scraps
Valentina Landucci

Background imageTrucks Collection: Airmail: PTT van and airmail aircraft, around 1955 (b/w photo)

Airmail: PTT van and airmail aircraft, around 1955 (b/w photo)
7312009 Airmail: PTT van and airmail aircraft, around 1955 (b/w photo) by French Photographer (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Citroen postal van (La Poste, PTT)

Background imageTrucks Collection: High perched

High perched
Michel Groleau

Background imageTrucks Collection: Working time

Working time
Abbas Arabzadeh

Background imageTrucks Collection: Barn find - Oldsmobile

Barn find - Oldsmobile
Peter Schade

Background imageTrucks Collection: Barn find II

Barn find II
Peter Schade

Background imageTrucks Collection: Darlin

Darlin
Yasin Hasanian

Background imageTrucks Collection: Reporters and Van of Pathe Journal (news by Pathe) c. 1930

Reporters and Van of Pathe Journal (news by Pathe) c. 1930
1701501 Reporters and Van of Pathe Journal (news by Pathe) c. 1930 by French Photographer (20th century); (add.info.: Reporters and van of Pathe Journal (news by Pathe) c. 1930)

Background imageTrucks Collection: Street scene, with building of the Southington News, Southington, Connecticut, 1942

Street scene, with building of the Southington News, Southington, Connecticut, 1942. Creator: Charles Fenno Jacobs
Street scene, with building of the Southington News, Southington, Connecticut

Background imageTrucks Collection: Truck driver at TVAs Douglas Dam, Tennessee, 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer

Truck driver at TVAs Douglas Dam, Tennessee, 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Truck driver at TVAs Douglas Dam, Tennessee

Background imageTrucks Collection: Colored mechanic, motor maintenance section, Ft. Knox, Ky. 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer

Colored mechanic, motor maintenance section, Ft. Knox, Ky. 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Colored mechanic, motor maintenance section, Ft. Knox, Ky

Background imageTrucks Collection: Driver of Marine truck, New River, N. C. 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer

Driver of Marine truck, New River, N. C. 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Driver of Marine truck, New River, N.C

Background imageTrucks Collection: New River Marine Base, motor detachment, Jacksonville, North Carolina, 1942

New River Marine Base, motor detachment, Jacksonville, North Carolina, 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
New River Marine Base, motor detachment, North Carolina. Photo shows the Marine Corps Air Station New River, at Jacksonville, North Carolina

Background imageTrucks Collection: Marine motor detachment, New River, Jacksonville, North Carolina. 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer

Marine motor detachment, New River, Jacksonville, North Carolina. 1942. Creator: Alfred T Palmer
Marine motor detachment, New River, N.C. Photo shows the Marine Corps Air Station New River, at Jacksonville, North Carolina

Background imageTrucks Collection: Agnes Cliemka, age 23, married and husband may be going into the service... Milwaukee, Wis. 1943

Agnes Cliemka, age 23, married and husband may be going into the service... Milwaukee, Wis. 1943
Agnes Cliemka, age 23, married and husband may be going into the service [US armed services] any day, Heil and Co. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Agnes used to work in a dep[artmen]t store

Background imageTrucks Collection: Lucile Mazurek, age 29, ex-housewife, husband going into... Heil and Co. Milwaukee, Wisc. 1943

Lucile Mazurek, age 29, ex-housewife, husband going into... Heil and Co. Milwaukee, Wisc. 1943. Creator: Howard Hollem
Lucile Mazurek, age 29, ex-housewife, husband going into the service, working on black-out lamps to be used on the gasoline trailers in the Air Force, Heil and Co. Milwaukee, Wisc

Background imageTrucks Collection: Enola O Connell, age 32, widow and mother of one child... Heil and Co. Milwaukee, Wisc. 1943

Enola O Connell, age 32, widow and mother of one child... Heil and Co. Milwaukee, Wisc. 1943. Creator: Howard Hollem
Enola O Connell, age 32, widow and mother of one child, ex-housewife, now only woman welder at Heil and Co. Milwaukee, Wisc

Background imageTrucks Collection: Fruit wagon at the Pie Town, New Mexico Fair, 1940. Creator: Russell Lee

Fruit wagon at the Pie Town, New Mexico Fair, 1940. Creator: Russell Lee
Fruit wagon at the Pie Town, New Mexico Fair. There is no fruit grown in this section and the people depend on outside truckers to bring it in

Background imageTrucks Collection: Filling station and garage at Pie Town, New Mexico, 1940. Creator: Russell Lee

Filling station and garage at Pie Town, New Mexico, 1940. Creator: Russell Lee
Filling station and garage at Pie Town, New Mexico

Background imageTrucks Collection: Canning plant where peas are principal project, Milton-Freewater, Oregon, 1941. Creator: Russell Lee

Canning plant where peas are principal project, Milton-Freewater, Oregon, 1941. Creator: Russell Lee
Canning plant where peas are principal project, Milton-Freewater, Oregon. [Sign: Rogers Canning Co.]

Background imageTrucks Collection: Truck load of ponderosa pine, Edward Hines Lumber Co. operations... Grant County, Oregon, 1942

Truck load of ponderosa pine, Edward Hines Lumber Co. operations... Grant County, Oregon, 1942. Creator: Russell Lee
Truck load of ponderosa pine, Edward Hines Lumber Co. operations in Malheur National Forest, Grant County, Oregon

Background imageTrucks Collection: Helen Ryan, age 41 (with cap), widow and used to work... Heil and Co. Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1943

Helen Ryan, age 41 (with cap), widow and used to work... Heil and Co. Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1943
Helen Ryan, age 41 (with cap), widow and used to work in a show factory, Heil and Co. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Agnes Cliemka, age 23

Background imageTrucks Collection: Along the waterfront, Christiansted, Saint Croix, Virgin Islands, 1941. Creator: Jack Delano

Along the waterfront, Christiansted, Saint Croix, Virgin Islands, 1941. Creator: Jack Delano
Along the waterfront, Christiansted, Saint Croix, Virgin Islands

Background imageTrucks Collection: Santa Fe R.R. streamliner, the 'super Chief, 'being serviced... Albuquerque, N.Mexico, 1943

Santa Fe R.R. streamliner, the "super Chief, "being serviced... Albuquerque, N.Mexico, 1943
Santa Fe R.R. streamliner, the " super Chief, " being serviced at the depot, Albuquerque, N.M. Servicing of these diesel streamliners takes five minutes. Santa Fe R.R. trip

Background imageTrucks Collection: Trucks outside of a starch factory, Caribou, Aroostook County, Maine. 1940. Creator: Jack Delano

Trucks outside of a starch factory, Caribou, Aroostook County, Maine. 1940. Creator: Jack Delano
Trucks outside of a starch factory, Caribou, Aroostook County, Maine. There were almost fifty trucks in the line. Some had been waiting for twenty-four hours for the potatoes to be graded and weighed

Background imageTrucks Collection: f1 formula 1 formula one gp truck trucks

f1 formula 1 formula one gp truck trucks
Silverstone, Northamptonshire, UK. Thursday 13 July 2017. Hs transporters in the paddock. World Copyright: Andy Hone/LAT Images ref: Digital Image _ONZ2910

Background imageTrucks Collection: Italian heroism in Catalonia (colour litho)

Italian heroism in Catalonia (colour litho)
2783787 Italian heroism in Catalonia (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Italian heroism in Catalonia)

Background imageTrucks Collection: 6th World Scout Jamboree in a Girl Guides Association Vehicle, Moisson, France

6th World Scout Jamboree in a Girl Guides Association Vehicle, Moisson, France, August 1947 (b / w photo)
1730156 6th World Scout Jamboree in a Girl Guides Association Vehicle, Moisson, France, August 1947 (b/w photo) by French Photographer (20th century); (add.info.: 6th World Scout Jamboree)

Background imageTrucks Collection: The path of music ripples through the forest

The path of music ripples through the forest
TIANQI

Background imageTrucks Collection: Vintage Festival Waroux

Vintage Festival Waroux
Laruelle Philippe

Background imageTrucks Collection: Road to the Heaven

Road to the Heaven
Saikiran Bhagavatula

Background imageTrucks Collection: 货场

货场
Xiaoyang Wang

Background imageTrucks Collection: Freight Yard

Freight Yard
Irene Wu

Background imageTrucks Collection: Government truck, Washington, D. C. 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks

Government truck, Washington, D. C. 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks
Washington, D.C. Government truck

Background imageTrucks Collection: Texans earning their way westward, bound for a new start in Oregon, US 99, California, 1935

Texans earning their way westward, bound for a new start in Oregon, US 99, California, 1935. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Texans earning their way westward, bound for a new start in Oregon. United States No. 99, California

Background imageTrucks Collection: Loading debris from wrecked buildings on Independence Avenue, Washington, D. C, 1942

Loading debris from wrecked buildings on Independence Avenue, Washington, D. C, 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks
Washington, D.C. Loading debris from wrecked buildings on Independence Avenue

Background imageTrucks Collection: Truck drivers for the Alaska Coal Company, Washington, D. C. 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks

Truck drivers for the Alaska Coal Company, Washington, D. C. 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks
Washington, D.C. Truck drivers for the Alaska Coal Company

Background imageTrucks Collection: Truck driver for the Alaska Coal Company, Washington, D. C. 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks

Truck driver for the Alaska Coal Company, Washington, D. C. 1942. Creator: Gordon Parks
Washington, D.C. Truck driver for the Alaska Coal Company




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"Trucks: The Unsung Heroes of D-Day and Beyond" As the world held its breath on that fateful day, trucks became the lifeline for victory. At Preston Docks in Lancashire, they lined up like soldiers ready to pour ashore with vital supplies. Chichester Dairies lorries stood tall, their cargo destined to nourish both body and spirit. But it wasn't just about war; they were an integral part of everyday life too. In South Wales, a miner rode drams at Tirpentwys Colliery, his trusty truck carrying him deep into the heart of darkness. And at Gwaun Cae Gurwen incline in Carmarthenshire, another truck tirelessly transported coal from below ground to fuel the nation's progress. From Bestwood Village in Nottinghamshire to Wyndham Colliery in Ogmore Vale, South Wales – these trucks symbolized resilience and hard work. They carried hope on their wheels as communities relied on them for survival. Through time, trucks evolved alongside society's needs. A vintage Ford Truck from 1930 stands as a testament to innovation and durability. CM15 5880 Paul McCumisky's Volvo FM12 12000 roars down highways while Trevor Martin maneuvers his Scania Truck 11000 through challenging terrain. Even across borders and oceans, trucks continue to connect nations and bridge gaps between continents. Witness the Ship-to-Shore operations at Mombasa Harbour in Kenya – Africa's gateway to global trade. Container terminals buzz with activity as goods are efficiently loaded onto waiting trucks bound for distant destinations. And let us not forget those who transport liquid gold – oil tankers from Manchester Oil Refinery silently navigate treacherous waters ensuring energy reaches every corner of our modern world. Finally, we remember that iconic moment when bird's-eye view captured landing craft braving rough seas while barrage balloons danced above Normandy's shores.