Packard Employees with the 10,000th Packard 4M-2500 Marine Engine, Packard Motor Car Company
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Photograph. Photograph of Packard employees with the 10,000th Packard 4M-2500 Marine Engines. Six Packard employees are standing around the the engine in what appears to be a small work shop looking at the plaque on the engine. The plaque reads " Packard Marine Engine Workers Dedicate This Engine No 10,000 to Marvin J. Steele Whose Achievements As Assistant Chief Marine Engineer Contributed So Much To The Development of The PT Boat Engine." The photographic negative number "24583*-A" is written on the back. Packard Motor Car Company, Marine Engine Division, Detroit, Michigan. 1944
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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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