"These are photos that my mother and father took and put in our album before they died. I believe the photos were taken in Northern California but can't be sure as we traveled a lot." 
"I have grown up wondering who the people in the photos were (I know they aren't relatives) and it would mean the world to me to find out and hear from these friends of my parents whom I miss dearly. Thank you for the site, I hope it works!"
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In the original can you see the full license plate number to try and track it that way??
I think the license plate is 443 FS but that's as much as you can read really.
Try www.deadfred.com too. Good luck!
My father says the people in the photos look like 'hoe dads' a group of people who plant trees in northern california, oregon, washinton, and idaho. maybe you can get some info from their head quarters in eugene, OR using the license plate number. good luck!
The last digit on the license plate seems to be "P". So the tag is 443FSP. There must be a registry of license plates by State. The photo is not sharp, so the camera may be cheap. The road sign in the background is a little unfocused, indicating a moderate aperture. The photo is yellow, meaning it was either not washed enough to remove the developer/fixing chemicals OR it was stored in an album with pages that were not archival (sulfur in paper). Drug store photos usually (not always) had dates printed on back, indicating development date (not exposure date). If there is no date, then maybe they were developed by an amateur. Check the print's borders and paper weight. You may be able to track down the truck make and model by posting photo on a website for restoring cars. Those folks really are intense about vintage stuff. My mom and dad had a 1953 Ford station wagon whose roof was attached to the rest of the car with a lip similar to your track. I'd say the truck may be pre-1953, but that is a very uneducated guess.
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