Packard Employee Receiving Production Reward from the Work To Win Program, Packard Motor Car Company, Detroit, Michigan

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Photograph. Photograph of a Packard employee receiving a production award from the Work to Win program, Packard Motor Car Company, Detroit, Michigan. This photograph shows two Packard executives presenting an award to an employee for individual production merit as part of the "Work to Win" program. The photographic negative number "233581/2A" is written on the back. Packard Motor Car Company. Detroit, Michigan. Between 1941 and 1945

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Photographs from the Packard Motor Car Company, Detroit, Michigan. During World War II the Packard Motor Car Company produced the Packard Marine engine used on US Navy Patrol Torpedo boats (PT boats), Army crash rescue boats, and merlin engines used in American and British fighter aircraft. This extensive collection of over 1300 photographs, originally from the Packard Motor Company, documents the PT engine production line, merlin engine production line, the PT motor machinist mate school operated by Packard, and various company events. Included are portrait of employees that were serving in the armed forces and of dignitaries visiting the plant.
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Detroit
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42.317
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-83.033
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Awards--American--United States