M.C. Kessler and other men testing Kessler aircraft engine

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M.C. Kessler and other men testing Kessler aircraft engine

Description

View of M.C. Kessler and other men testing a Kessler aircraft engine on truck near Waterworks Park. Handwritten on back: "First aviation 6 cyl. 200 h.p. engine built for U.S. Army in 1917 by Kessler Motor Car Co. being tested in vacant lot near Water Work [sic] Park, Detroit, Mich."

Details

Resource ID:: na050707
Subject:: Airplanes--Motors; Kessler Motor Car Company; Trucks--Michigan--Detroit; Photographic prints
Date:: 1917
Format:: 1 photographic print ; 2.5 x 4.25 in.
Department:: National Automotive History Collection
Location:: Kessler
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.