![IMG_1048](https://img.ccjdigital.com/files/base/randallreilly/all/image/2014/04/ccj.IMG_1048-e1398694424412.png?auto=format%2Ccompress&q=70&w=400)
By the 1920s, trucking’s reputation as a profession and important national industry was well-established. But trucking was still very new and in the midst of a breath-taking technology explosion. As with any start-up industry, hopeful entrepreneurs flooded in, taking advantage of the Stock Market Boom and cheap capital and labor. However, a crash was coming. And many of the companies profiled in this gallery would not last long once it hit.