Automobile Body Department records, 1919-1936 (bulk 1919-1925).

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Automobile Body Department records, 1919-1936 (bulk 1919-1925).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32456879

Correspondence, memoranda, blueprints, production reports, and financial records documenting the Manufacturing Departments (later Pullman Car and Manufacturing Company) manufacture of all-steel automobile bodies, dating primarily from 1919-1925.

2 cubic ft. (3 boxes)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7342075

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