Packard Employees Gathered Around a Bulletin Board, Packard Motor Car Company, Detroit, Michigan
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Photograph. Photograph of Packard employees gathered around a bulletin board, Packard Motor Car Company, Detroit, Michigan. This photograph shows six Packard employees gathered around the company bulletin board looking at the production numbers from the factory. Two employees are holding Prest-O-Torch soldering torches. The photographic negative number "21781A" 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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Bulletin boards--United States
blow-torches--United States