Joe Malachinski and James M. Roche with 1902 Cadillac automobile and milestone 2,000,000th Cadillac automobile
View of retiree Joe Malachinski in 1902 Cadillac sedan and Cadillac general manager James M. Roche, inside Cadillac factory, placing a special plate on the 2,000,000th Cadillac car produced. Typed on back: "For release: Afternoon papers, Friday, February7, 1958. Two old friends dropped in at the Cadillac factory in Detroit this week to help celebrate the achievement of a significant milestone - production of the 2,000,000th Cadillac. One was retiree Joe Malachinski who started his 52 1/2 years service at Cadillac in 1903, a few months after the company was established. The other was a 1902 sedan, the first model produced by Cadillac. James M. Roche, Cadillac general manager, is shown placing a special plate on the milestone Cadillac as Malachinski waves approval from the driver's seat of the 1902 model. From: Public Relations Department, Cadillac Motor Car Division, 2860 Clark Avenue, Detroit 32, Michigan."
- Resource ID:
- na030084
- Subject:
- Cadillac automobile
- Roche, James M.
- Automobile factories
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1958
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 8 x 10 in.
- Department:
- National Automotive History Collection
- Content Note:
- Factories-Cadillac, 1958
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.