William S. Knudsen and dignitaries at dedication ceremonies for production of Packard Rolls-Royce Merlin XX engines
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Description
View of William S. Knudsen, M.M. Gilman, W.L. Shirer, Major General George H. Brett and Sir Henry Self at press conference during dedication ceremonies for production of Packard Rolls-Royce Merlin XX engines. Label on back: "Gathered for a press conference at the dedication were these distinguished personalities, reading left to right: W.S. Knudsen, Chief of the Office of Production Management; M.M. Gilman, host and President of the Packard Motor Car Company; W.L. Shirer, Berlin correspondent, Columbia Broadcasting System; Major General George H. Brett, Chief of the U.S. Army Air Corps; and Sir Henry Self, Chief of the British Purchasing Commission."
Details
- Resource ID:
- na043395
- Subject:
- Knudsen, William S., 1879-1948
- Brett, George H. (George Howard), 1886-1963
- Self, Henry, Sir, 1890-1975
- 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.