This 1925 8x10 photo shows a wonderful display, with a 1901 Mack bus parked between a brand-new Mack Shock Insulated Bus (on a Mack Model AB chassis with the body by Lang Body Co. of Cleveland) and an 1890 carriage also built by Lang.

The 1901 bus sports two signs, one identifying it and the other boasting that it had been in continuous operation for 24 years. Verso of photo bears the stamp of Gus Wetzler, a Cleveland commercial photographer. Please read on below.

I recently came into a very large accumulation of old 8x10 photos that purportedly once belonged to the Mack Truck corporate archives. Indeed, some — but not most — of these photos are rubber-stamped on the back as being from the Mack Advertising Department. 

Most photos have an alphanumeric code written onto the negative. Many photos also have the date written below the code. My hunch is that these prints were generally printed around the time the photograph was taken, but it's possible too that the dates written on the negative might be the date they were added to the archive. I say this because sometimes a photo will have elements that make me think it might have been taken 10 or so years earlier than the date given. 

Sometimes the photos are of Macks out in the field that have clearly been in service for some time. Sometimes, when the Mack looks shiny and new, it’s likely that the various trucks, buses, and fire apparatus were professionally photographed before final delivery was made to the customer either (1) at or near the factory or (2) at or near the Mack dealer/agent the customer purchased the truck from. 

In this way, we often get to see these fresh-from-the-factory-floor trucks and buses in all their varied liveries, whether it be that of the Rye, New York Fire Department; the Standard Oil Company of Pennsylvania; or the Peninsula Transit Corporation of Newport News, Virginia (for instance). 

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