Workers polishing a Pontiac automobile in preparation for owner driveaway

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Description

View of several men polishing a Pontiac automobile in the factory in preparation for owner driveaway. Label on back: "Servicing a Pontiac for owner driveaway. The last step in getting a car ready for delivery to the owner at the Pontiac factory is a thorough polish. A special service line for drive-away owners is maintained where Pontiac cars are lubricated, tuned up and put in the finest condition for a long drive-away." Handwritten on back: "Factories--Pontiac, 1939."

Details

Resource ID:: na040198
Subject:: Automobile factories--Michigan--Detroit; General Motors Corporation. Pontiac Motor Division; Pontiac automobile; Automobile industry workers--Michigan--Detroit; African American automobile industry workers--Michigan--Detroit; Photographic prints
Date:: 1939
Format:: 1 photographic print ; 8 x 10 in.
Department:: National Automotive History Collection
Location:: Factories--Pontiac
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.