Dec. 9, 1941: The truck was tipsy; the driver red-faced

An icy intersection in northeast Minneapolis proved to be too slippery for this truck, which spun its wheels and tipped back when its load shifted.

April 3, 2011 at 7:53PM
Dec. 9, 1941: Tipsy truck
(Ben Welter/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

There are probably many ways to load a lumber truck properly. This isn't one of them. An icy intersection in northeast Minneapolis proved to be too slippery for this truck, which spun its wheels and tipped back when its load shifted. A Minneapolis Star Journal photographer captured the driver working to put things right on a gloomy December day at Central and 13th Avenues NE.

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