1933 Briggs automobile
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Description
View of a 1933 Briggs concept car, designed by John Tjaarda. Label on back: "Three quarter view of the 'dream car,' designed by Briggs Manufacturing Company and on display at the Ford Exposition of Progress at Convention Hall, Detroit. This car portrays Briggs' conception of the car of the future and does not represent a model for production by any manufacturer. From: Briggs Manufacturing Company, Detroit, Michigan. P-11, 10-20-33." Stamped on back: "Marshall Gorton, photographic illustration. 6555 Oakland Avenue, Detroit, Michigan. Phone Madison 6555." Handwritten on back: "1933 Briggs dream car by John Tjaarda."
Details
- Creator:
- Gorton, Marshall
- Resource ID:
- na042814
- Subject:
- Briggs Manufacturing Company
- Experimental automobiles
- Tjaarda, John, 1897-1962
- Photographers--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1933-10-20
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 8 x 10 in.
- Department:
- National Automotive History Collection
- Location:
- Briggs
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.