51800440 Cudahy Refrigerator Line #2

51800440 Cudahy Refrigerator Line #2
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This 40’ wood reefer with vertical brake wheel is brown with yellow sides and runs on Bettendorf trucks. The Cudahy Packing Company had over 2,000 wood reefer cars by the 1920s, and engaged in the common practice of billboard advertising for their products on the car sides. This Cudahy reefer promotes “Old Dutch Cleanser” on one side and “Puritan” brand hams, bacon and lard on the other.