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
Creators
Collection Title
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
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