Submitted by Zcarstvnz on Sun, 05/06/2012 - 7:28pm.
The truck on the far left is a White, and it is a circa 1920 Model 20.
The other four trucks are Mack AC "Bulldogs" that look brand new (although the one on the far right has not had its lights and horn installed). ACs were available from 1916 - 1938 and the chassis were rated from 3 1/2 - 15 tons. All had four cylinder gasoline engines.
The larger radiators easily identify these ACs as being built late 1922 or after. Another feature which was introduced at the same time was a 4-speed transmission.
A total of 40,299 Mack ACs were produced from '16 - '38.
Submitted by Wayne Keyser on Tue, 07/22/2008 - 1:16am.
Not just the spire - the main body of the building is visible, gigantic glass skylight and all.
See http://www.oldpostofficedc.com/ for the Old Post Office as it is today. The camera is looking roughly West, the spire at the front of the building overlooks Pennsylvania Avenue with 12th Street to the far side and what would be 11th Street on its near side - but even in this photo as today, it doesn't look like 11th Street is there. The trucks are lined up along along C Street, which is also not there today.
At an educated guess, that would put the buildings in the middle distance, and maybe the cola factory, exactly where the Internal Revenue Service building is today.
Submitted by stanton_square on Mon, 07/21/2008 - 4:50pm.
I found an address for Christo Bottling Co. at 209 Eleventh Street NW. This places it smack in the middle of what we now call Federal Triangle. Clearly visible in the background is the spire of the only remaining 19th century building in the area: the Old Post Office pavilion.
White & Macks
Truckin
Love the...
Old Post Office
Piggly Wiggly Macks
Christo Cola
Old Post Office