We could spend all week digging up truck photos from the Los Angeles Public Library's photo archive,
especially if we were for some reason obsessed with the evolution of
the city's rubbish removal trucks (seriously), but we'll spare you that
obsession and present a few more of the most interesting trucks and
photos.
The above May 1967 photo comes from the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner collection. Attorney Henry G. Bodkin, Water & Power commissioner
(taller man of the two) and Edgar Konouse, general manager & chief
engineer of the DWP inspects the "Volts Wagon," an electric truck used
to research the feasibility in relation to city.
Apparently, the Volts Wagon wasn't very feasible for L.A.
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