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Friday, December 12, 2014

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ICYMI: World's first semi-truck manufacturer, Fruehauf Trailer, was founded in Detroit 100 years ago

Posted By Valerie Vande Panne on Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 12:10 PM

ICYMI, we have a gallery featuring 44 historical photos of Detroit’s Fruehauf Trailer Company–The first semi-truck manufacturer in the world.

Fruehauf was founded right here in Detroit in 1914.

To celebrate the company's centennial year, they shared with us a special selection of historical photos.

Even JFK was into them:

You can learn more about the complete history of the Fruehauf family and the internationally renowned company they created at singingwheels.com.

Tags: Fruehauf, semi-truck, historical photos, JFK, John F. Kennedy Jr., cars, trucks

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