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 BigKev  Packard Factory Interior  01/21/2025 12:11
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View of a woman worker testing an impeller for a Rolls-Royce engine. Label on back: "Packard News Service. Testing the 'run-out' of the impellers. Here again the operating demands exacted of the new Packard-built Rolls-Royce engine is reflected by a 'run-out' limitation of two ten thousandths of an inch." Handwritten on back: "Women workers."
Item #: na040194
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View of two men operating a Bullard machine for machining cylinders for Packard marine engines. Label on back: "Bullard machine for machining cylinders. This eight spindle lathe, type "D" Mult-Au-Matic, which rough and semi-finishes the cylinder bore and rough turns various diameters on the outside diameter weighs 48,000 pounds and cost $50,000. In order to install this machine it was necessary to set it into a pit to secure clearance for the heighth [sic]." Handwritten on back: "Packard. Marine engine. ACWP - Machine tools."
Item #: na051787
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Large group of men, boys, and one woman on factory floor and stairs. Handwritten on mat back: "Shop meeting, Packard."
Item #: DPA0946
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View of Alvan Macauley sitting at his desk at the Packard Motor Car Company. Handwritten on back: "April 1911."
Item #: bh009918
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View of workers selecting books at Detroit Public Library station in the Packard Motor Car Company factory; Miss Frank, librarian, sits at desk. Stamped on back: "Manning Bros., commercial photographers, 22-24 Witherell St., Detroit, Michigan." Handwritten on back: "Packard Station. Miss Frank at table."
Item #: bh009181
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View of a woman worker operating a milling machine at the Packard Motor Car Company factory. Label on back: "Nearly 30 per cent of Packard's war workers are women. Operating everything from small drill presses to huge milling machines, they are doing their part to boost production of Packard-built Rolls-Royce aircraft engines." Handwritten on back: "Women workers."
Item #: na040267
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View of men working on assembly line in Packard Motor Company factory. Handwritten on back: "Manufacturing scenes. Factories--Packard, 1939"
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View of Holly Kraeuter addressing new war workers in a classroom at the Packard Motor Car Company. Projection screen and posters of aircraft and engines in background. Label on back: "All new employees at Packard attend classes in the company's 'Induction School.' Here is a typical classroom scene as Co-ordinator Holly Kraeuter tells the new war workers how she and her fellow co-ordinators stand ready to extend a helping hand in solving personal problems that may arise." Handwritten on back: "Women workers."
Item #: na040218
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BigKev Packard Factory Interior 01/21/2025 12:10
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View of Viscount Lord Halifax, M.M. Gilman and J.G. Vincent examining a Packard marine engine. Label on back: "On the main assembly floor of the Packard marine engine building, vice president J.G. Vincent points out features of a partially assembled engine to Lord Halifax while President M.M. Gilman looks on. Packard has been producing these specialized super marine engines for more than two years."
Item #: na043411
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View of workers assembling a Packard marine engine in factory. Label on back: "This shows the relative size of the mighty Packard marine engine. An idea of its power is had from the fat that a single cylinder delivers more than the entire output of a Packard car engine." Handwritten on back: "Marine equipment."
Item #: na040047
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