Plymouth Motor CorporationPhotograph Collection, ca. 1935

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Plymouth Motor CorporationPhotograph Collection, ca. 1935

This collection consists of black and white photographic prints that depict manufacturing activities at Plymouth Motor Corporation circa 1935.

1.5 linear ft. (2 boxes)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6382591

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Chrysler automobile

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Plymouth Motor Corporation.

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The Plymouth Motor Corporation was established in 1928 as a division of Chrysler Motor Corporation . The Plymouth division was launched to give Chrysler a niche in the emerging lower cost segment of the automotive market. The first Plymouth models came off the assembly line in 1929. From the guide to the Plymouth Motor Corporation Photograph Collection, ca. 1935, (Baker Library, Harvard Business School) ...

Chrysler corporation

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On Jan. 4, 1980, the Chrysler Corp. permanently closed its Hamtramck Assembly Plant, commonly called "Dodge Main", marking the end of nearly 70 years of continuous manufacturing operations at the facility. John Frances and Horace Elgin Dodge were pioneers in the automobile industry, beginning with a machine shop to supply auto plants with parts, working with both Ransom E. Olds and Henry Ford, and eventually building a new plant on a 30 acre site in Hamtramck in 1910. Wanting to build their own ...