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For Dave and Tammy's last weekend in Texas, Mike suggested a road trip to Waco to visit the Dr Pepper Museum (300 S. 5th St.). Following our self-guided tour of the original Dr Pepper bottling plant building, we crossed the courtyard and entered an adjacent building featuring a gift shop and additional exhibits, including a collection of vintage delivery vehicles like this International Model K truck.
Informational signage provided some details on this vehicle:
International Model K Truck
This International Model K truck from the late 1910s could have been used to haul various goods and supplies. Filled with crates of Dr Pepper bottles, it was easy for route salesmen to load up and deliver to nearby soda fountains and restaurants.
During the mid-1910s, the Artesian Manufacturing and Bottling Company (AMBC) quickly began trying out new automotive vehicles. They realized that to remain competitive they needed access to the newest inventions in transportation. Plus, the new vehicles operated on gasoline, not oats or hay like horses. They could work all hours of the day, requiring little rest. The company's first vehicle was a horseless carriage which was powered by gas, but shaped like a carriage. By the early 1920s, the company had upgraded to an early version of the truck.
The International Model K came standard with a hand-crank starter, three-speed transmission and reverse, a 17-gallon gas tank, horn, solid rubber tires, brakes, and half-elliptic springs. Not standard were headlights, odometer, and windshield. This truck has been rebuilt several times and is missing front and rear fenders, but has been restored to as close to original condition as possible. The graphics on the side of the truck are based on extensive research in the Dr Pepper Museum photograph collection and the paper documents that remain of the AMBC. The paint colors are based on color images from International Truck catalogs from the 1910s and what was found on the truck during restoration.
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Saturday, February 3, 2018
AMBC American Continental Championships Vargas, Venezuela 2015 Day 1 - Rafael Duarte Lima (BRA) W.P. (3:0) (Right) vs. Kevin Nicolas Espindola (ARG) (Left) - +91 kg
2,000 sq. ft. speakeasy-like taproom/bar and 4,000 sq. ft. production brewery in a 1903 industrial building in Mount Vernon, featuring exposed brick, industrial steel, and a beautiful reclaimed lumber bar. There are also 4x single-occupancy restrooms that are similarly finished. Contact Jordan Hahn at brewery@ambc.beer or (914) 530-3269.
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2,000 sq. ft. speakeasy-like taproom/bar and 4,000 sq. ft. production brewery in a 1903 industrial building in Mount Vernon, featuring exposed brick, industrial steel, and a beautiful reclaimed lumber bar. There are also 4x single-occupancy restrooms that are similarly finished. Contact Jordan Hahn at brewery@ambc.beer or (914) 530-3269.
For Dave and Tammy's last weekend in Texas, Mike suggested a road trip to Waco to visit the Dr Pepper Museum (300 S. 5th St.). Following our self-guided tour of the original Dr Pepper bottling plant building, we crossed the courtyard and entered an adjacent building featuring a gift shop and additional exhibits, including a collection of vintage delivery vehicles like this Artesian Manufacturing and Bottling Company beverage wagon.
Informational signage provided some details on this vehicle:
Artesian Manufacturing and Bottling Company Beverage Wagon
Known as a beverage wagon, this wagon was designed to carry crates and boxes of bottles to area grocery stores and other retail locations. Through the use of signs and graphics, these wagons advertised the brands they carried. The Artesian Manufacturing and Bottling Company (AMBC) had a wagon similar to this one in its delivery fleet.
As the demand for bottled soft drinks and the syrups to make them increased, so did the need for a way to transport larger numbers of crates and boxes. This demand led to the development of the beverage wagon. Route salesmen could maximize the load carried in one day on multiple levels of shelves. They could visit more customers in a day, thereby getting the product to more people further away from the bottling plant. Many soft drink bottlers, not just Dr Pepper bottlers, used beverage wagons.
This beverage wagon was created in the 1960s as a parade showpiece for a Pepsi bottler in Kansas. It was built on an original undercarriage from the late 1800s or early 1900s. The graphics on the side of the wagon are based on extensive research in the Dr Pepper Museum photograph collection and the paper documents that remain of the AMBC. The paint colors are based on paint colors available in the early 1900s.
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Saturday, February 3, 2018