Worker removing press in General Motors plant
Grab
Description
View of worker removing a press to make room for war production equipment at General Motors plant in Detroit, Michigan. Label on back: "General Motors Corporation. Department of Public Relations. Detroit, Michigan. To make room for war tools. Workmen are shown removing a heavy press, until recently used in shaping of truck fenders to make room for tools and fixtures that will produce the tools of war. GM, General Motors. Victory is our business." Handwritten on back: "Jan. 18, 1944. Conversion."
Details
- Resource ID:
- na032648
- Subject:
- Automobile industry and trade--Michigan--Detroit--Equipment and supplies
- Automobile industry workers--Michigan--Detroit
- General Motors Corporation
- Industrial mobilization--Michigan--Detroit
- Automotive Council for War Production--Archives
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1944-01-18
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 10 x 8 in.
- Department:
- National Automotive History Collection
- Location:
- MS84/Automotive Council for War Production, Conversion, 86:5
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.