William S. Knudsen at dedication ceremonies for production of Packard Rolls-Royce Merlin XX engines

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View of William S. Knudsen, Colonel Jesse G. Vincent and other men at dedication ceremonies for production of Packard Rolls-Royce Merlin XX engines. Label on back: "Dedication guests move through the tunnel connecting Rolls-Royce main assembly with test and tear down. In the foreground on the right, is OPM's Knudsen, accompanied by Colonel Jesse G. Vincent, vice president of engineering for Packard."

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Resource ID:: na043392
Subject:: Knudsen, William S., 1879-1948; Merlin engines; Rolls-Royce engines; Factories--Michigan--Detroit; Packard Motor Car Company; Photographic prints
Date:: 1941-08-02
Format:: 1 photographic print ; 8 x 10 in.
Department:: National Automotive History Collection
Location:: Packard--Rolls-Royce Merlin XX engines
Content Note:: Part of a group of photographs depicting "a forty-week period wherein the Packard Motor Car Company brought the Rolls-Royce Merlin fighting engine from blue print to production."
Copyright:: Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.