What is the Triangle Symbol on Hoppers

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Don

Those are indication of a special type of journal box packing, which varied according to type.

This was done in the 1950s when reducing hotboxes was a priority.

I’ve got more on this, just not handy

Ken Miller


> On Sep 25, 2020, at 2:14 PM, NW Mailing List <nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org> wrote:
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> I have seen this triangular symbol on the upper left of some older (pre-1970?) hoppers in photos, but I have never been able to read what it says. I know that some hoppers had the lessor name there. And according to Dow’s book some hoppers had a builders name there. Does anyone know what this triangular symbol is? And is it available as a decal (ho) or is the artwork available?
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> Don Trettel
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