Plymouth Motor Corporation Photographs, ca. 1935.

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Plymouth Motor Corporation Photographs, ca. 1935.

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The collection consists of sixty-seven black and white photographic prints that depict manufacturing activities at Plymouth Motor Corporation circa 1935. The photographs illustrate the automobile manufacturing process from start to finish, including the building of engine and transmission parts, the assembly and painting of automobile chassis, and the preparation of completed automobiles for shipment. The photographs are arranged in their original numerical order. The Plymouth Motor Corporation donated the collection to Harvard Business School in 1942. The photographs were included in an exhibit displayed in Baker Library.

1.5 linear ft. (2 boxes)

Harvard Business School, Knowledge and Library Services/Baker Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7630766

Harvard Business School, Knowledge and Library Services/Baker Library

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