View of a man inspecting a DeSoto sedan body during painting process at the Warren Avenue DeSoto plant in Detroit, Michigan. Label on back: "Chrysler Corporation, Press Information Service, Detroit 31, Michigan, Townsend 8-5520. For immediate use. Thursday, November 12, 1953. Modern techniques speed auto painting. Car body which has been rust-proofed and prime-coated is inspected on this 'turnover fixture' at the DeSoto Warren Avenue plant in Detroit. After passing inspection, body travels through spray booth where final coat of enamel is applied. With modern production techniques now employed in automobile plants, painting a car takes less than a day. Thirty years ago, body shops had to spend up to a month on the exterior finish of a single car." Handwritten on back: "Warren Avenue plant, Detroit, Michigan. Factories--DeSoto."
