1935 General Motors Advertisement, "That's What I Call Great Engineering"

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Artifact Overview

General Motors was a longtime and highly successful manufacturer of railroad locomotive equipment. GM purchased Winton Engine Company in 1930 and soon thereafter produced the diesel engines in a series of streamlined diesel-electric trains built for the Burlington, Union Pacific, and Boston & Maine railroads. GM started building complete locomotives through its Electro-Motive Division in 1941.

Artifact Details

Artifact

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Date Made

1935

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

91.0.178.191

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Printing (Process)

Dimensions

Height: 10.125 in
Width: 14.5 in