1940s Era Red Chevrolet Truck
by Jo Ann Tomaselli
Title
1940s Era Red Chevrolet Truck
Artist
Jo Ann Tomaselli
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
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1940s Era Red Chevrolet Truck by Jo Ann Tomaselli
As I approach an old barn in the middle of a Kansas farm yard, a stray cat emerges from a door that's opened just a crack. Curious, I push the door slightly ajar to take a look inside. It's a huge barn, the kind you find on working farms and large enough to house the tractors and farming machinery used to plow and harvest the fields.
Everything is covered in layers of forgotten dust, forever undisturbed. It's beautiful. It's ancient. It's a throwback to another era. The light seeps in through the cracks of the walls and is filtered to a softbox pallet by the dust covering the windows. Turning a corner, I see a bit of red curve against a dark wall and as I adjust my eyes to the light, this classic, retro, antique 1940s era Chevrolet truck emerges, a resident in one of the stalls.
The Chevrolet website provided the following information.
The Chevrolet Motor Company, USA was formed in 1911. The new company, started in a Flint, Michigan garage as a cooperative venture between a Belgian-born race-car driver named Louis Chevrolet and William Durrant, entrepreneur and the founder of General Motors.
In 1941, with World War II spreading across Europe, civilian car production ceased and Chevrolet factories were quickly converted to support the war effort. During the war, Chevrolet produced massive quantities of military equipment, armaments, trucks and ambulances for the Allied war efforts.
Car production resumed and consumers snapped up the all new Chevy Advance-Design pick up trucks in 1947 as a post war mode of transportation.
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Comments (33)
Lee Craig
Yes...that is a Kansas truck! And I actually think it may be a twin to one out next to my own barn here in Indiana! Love it. v-17
Lincoln Rogers
I really like the crop on this! The way the color of the truck and barn match is very nice and the light from the window is fantastic. Just great, Jo Ann. v16 + faved
Steven Reed
Wonderful comp to this! the light is perfect, love the reflection in the windshield! v14