Bette Garber
Garber (November 18, 1942 – November 13, 2008) was an American photojournalist known for her fashion photographs and pictures of customized semi-trucks. She worked for Heavy Duty Trucking Magazine and published several books.
Bette Garber
- Name
- Bette S.
- Born
- 18 November 1942
- Birthplace
- Chicago, Illinois
- Died
- 13 November 2008
- Place of death
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Occupation
- Photojournalist
- Nationality
- United States
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Garber (November 18, 1942 – November 13, 2008) was an American photojournalist known for her fashion photographs and pictures of customized semi-trucks. She worked for Heavy Duty Trucking Magazine and published several books.
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• Name — Bette S. Garber • Born — 18 November 1942 • Birthplace — Chicago, Illinois • Died — 13 November 2008 • Place of death — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania • Occupation — Photojournalist
Formative years
Formative years
Garber was born in Chicago on November 18, 1942. She attended the University of Illinois and earned a bachelor's degree of English in 1964. After college, she worked as a copywriter and married Charles Garber.
Career
Career
In 1970, Garber and her husband founded Structure Probe, an electron microscopy company. Working for their company, she was often on the road. During the mid-1970s, she purchased a CB radio to enable her to obtain traffic reports. The CB radio also picked up trucker communications and conversations and it was this that first sparked her interest in the world of big trucks. She began taking pictures of the trucks she encountered, and then also started writing stories about the trucks and their drivers, which she submitted to trucking magazines. Eventually, she left Structure Probe, and for the next thirty years, devoted herself full-time to her passion for trucking photojournalism.
Death
Death
Garber died in Philadelphia from pneumonia at the age of sixty-five on November 13, 2008.
Publications
• Custom Semi Trucks. MBI Publishing Company, 2003. • Big Rigs. MBI Publishing Company, 2004. • Custom Semi. MBI Publishing Company, 2005. • Ultra-Custom Semi Trucks. MBI Publishing Company, 2008.
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