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

Description:

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."

Details

Resource ID:

na043392

Subject:

Knudsen, William S., 1879-1948

Merlin engines

Rolls-Royce engines

Factories--Michigan--Detroit

Packard Motor Car Company

Photographic prints

Date Issued:

1941-08-02

Format:

1 photographic print ; 8 x 10 in.

Member of:

National Automotive History Collection

Filing Location:

Packard--Rolls-Royce Merlin XX engines

Note (Content):

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."

Rights:

Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.