FreightWaves Classics/Pioneers: Brooks Stevens created iconic designs

Stevens designed the 1930s Oscar Mayer Wisconsin Ice and Coal Company truck, which featured a streamlined design. (Photo: motorcities.org)

Industrial designer Brooks Stevens was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on June 7, 1911. He became a successful industrial designer, and many of his designs were transportation-related. 

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