Which Steve recognized as
the Purrey!
the 1907 view above is where one is pulling two trailers and together they are carrying the entire 3rd Company of the 144th Infantry from their barracks to visit the Purrey factory as a part of their "Vocational Education."
This particular one ran a hilly 25 mile route between Cantal and Aurillac in south-central France before WWI. Valentin Purrey of Bordeaux (from 1898 to 1908,
then Purrey and Exshaw from 1908 to 1913,
then just Exshaw and Co. from 1913 to 1929)
was better known for his steam powered trams in Paris, but saw a measure of success with his trucks and buses.
The surplus of gasoline trucks after the Great War doomed the company.
Thanks Steve! (How he knows this stuff is a complete mystery to me!)
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