21 Photos Of What Life As A Trucker Looked Like In The Golden Days
Daniel Bonfiglio
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02/13/2025
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Nowadays, trucking is filled with rules, regulations, and a diminishing rate of pay compared to drivers of days gone by.
But back in the day, it was an honorable profession, filled with men who wanted to move freight, and provide for their families.
Here are 21 photos of what trucking used to look like, back in the golden days.
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1. A New Truck for Blevins Popcorn
Nashville, TN. 1965. -
2. “My Dad”
A truck driver in 1977. -
3. Kenworth Truck and Trucker
Bakersfield, CA, 1979. -
4. Overdrive Magazine
February 1981 issue. -
5. Filling Up.
Trucking in the 1950s. -
6. Trucker with a Cowboy Hat
Bakersfield, CA, 1979. Photo by Elisa Leonelli. -
7. Mack Superliner Ad
Denim and a cab in 1977. -
8. Kenworth Truck Commercial
Old style in 1959. -
9. Riding Shotgun
A 1984 Kenworth. -
10. Soviet Truck Driver
For the Sovtransavto Trucking Company, 1970s. -
11. Wine and Champagne Delivery Truck
Michigan, 1939. -
12. Truck Driving
Transport Service in 1978. -
13. A Truck Mechanic
New England in 1960. -
14. Chief Freight Lines Truck
Kansas City, MO, 1930s. -
15. Log Trucks
North Bend, Washington, 1943. -
16. White Road Train
Gascoyn Trading, 1980s. -
17. Carroll Line
Colorado trucking. -
18. Banana Truck
Bringing the fruit. -
19. Family Life
A cab and kid. -
20. Hauling Coal in the ‘80s
‘86 Freightliner with a 444 Cummins. -
21. Trucking in the ‘60s
An oil tanker and a dog.
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