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Mack Trucks Reprod. Porcelain Enamel Bulldog Sign

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:150.00 USD Estimated At:400.00 - 600.00 USD
Mack Trucks Reprod. Porcelain Enamel Bulldog Sign
Featured in this lot is a reproduction, porcelain enamel bulldog sign from Mack Trucks, circa mid / late 1900s. The "Mack Brothers Company" was created in 1900, and that same year it opened its first bus manufacturing operation. The first request was placed by a sightseeing business. Mack's first truck was constructed in 1907. During World War I, Mack sent nearly 6,000 trucks to the American and British troops for use in battle. According to rumors, the British soldiers were so pleased with the Mack Truck's durability, toughness, and dependability that they nicknamed them "Mack Bulldogs" after their own British Bulldogs. In 1922, the "Mack Brothers Company" changed its name to Mack Trucks, and the bulldog was chosen as the company's corporate logo. The porcelain enamel sign shows a standing bulldog wearing a leather collar as he looks towards the viewers right hand side. He shows colors of white, maroon, gold, grey and black. The sign is one sided and features four mounting holes, two on the bottom and two on the top. The sign shows good condition overall with like new condition and no signs of damage are noted. It measures 8 1/8" L x 12" W and weighs 1 pound.