Photo Record
Metadata
People |
Sloan, Alfred P. Knudsen, William S. Sloan, Alfred Sloan, Jr., Alfred P. Wilson, C. E. Wilson, Charles E. Knudsen, W. S. Knudsen Coyle, M. E. Coyle, Marvin E. Marshall, Alfred Dean, Hugh Wehterald, Charlie Casadonte, Peter Bailey, A. N. Johnson, L. W. Cavell, James Sheffer, Emery Barrett, J. R. Thayer, James Boyd, Raymond Miller, Norbert K. Little, Harry H. Caldwell, Milford J. Fulmer, Fay C. Close, William C. Keeler, Charles D. Micholaizik, Lester Gross, Jr., Charles E. Russell, Joseph Russell DeLong, Elgin Palo, William Moody, William Podelsak, Robert W. Wallis, John Wallis, William Wallis, Joseph Wallis, Horace |
Description |
Photographs of miscellaneous events associated with Chevrolet (8 in. x 10 in., unless otherwise noted): 1. People on tour of an assembly line at a Chevrolet open house. (1936) 2. People watching a man with an eye patch talking on a radio. (1940) 3. A family posing at a Chevrolet open house. (1936) 4. The Chevrolet Works Council posing. (1934-1935) 5. A group of automotive executives in front of a Chevrolet building. 6. A group of men posing in an office with one of them holding a jar of coins. 7. A group of men standing outside of a Chevrolet building. 8. A group of men posing. 9. People sitting at tables at the IMA auditorium for a celebration of Chevrolet 25 year employees. 10. Men's choir at the IMA auditorium for a celebration of Chevrolet 25 year employees. 11. Men at tables for a banquet given by the General Motors Club of Buick. (May 1, 1945) 12. Men eating at tables, under a tent, with a band playing in the background. 13. Men eating at tables, under a tent. 14. Men eating at tables, under a tent. 15. Alfred Marshall, Hugh Dean, Marvin E. Coyle, and Charlie Wehterald (left to right) standing around Peter "Babe" Casadonte who is sitting in his robe, wearing his boxing gloves. 16. Four women standing in a model kitchen with contest information behind them. 17. A man holding a radio between two other men and the "Golden Milestone Contest Local Prize Winners" bulletin board behind them in plant 10. 18. Three men in a Chevrolet with a sign on the side that reads "Bel Air Day/ Chevrolet/ Sept. 12 '56". (September 12, 1956) 19. Five cooks standing outside of a tent. 20. A man and A. N. Bailey holding turkeys at the Chevrolet Supervision Jamboree. (circa 1930) 21. A man sitting on a crate with a group of people around him at the Chevrolet Supervision Jamboree. (circa 1930) 22. A man at a desk handing another man a slip of paper. 23. A man handing a United States defense savings bond to another man in an office. One of them is L. W. Johnson, parts manager. 24. James Cavell of plant 9 and Emery Sheffer of plant 4 receiving Genesee County savings bonds from J. R. Barrett, manager of the Motor Division, (left to right) in an office. Two copies. 25. A man bent over with another man using a paddle on him during a freshman initiation. A group of men with paddles are standing around the two. (1939) 26. James Thayer, the oldest Chevrolet employee at the time, playing with an infant. The photograph was used for a cover of GM Folks Magazine. 27. A man, outside a house, with his sleeve rolled up to show a tattoo of the numbers "385.03.6531" on his arm. 28. Mrs. Raymond Boyd and her daughter by a bush, with a short paragraph about Raymond Boyd, a Chevrolet employee, on the back. 29. A group of ten cooks outside of a tent. 30. A Chevrolet "Safety in Industries" float. 31. A lawn full of cars. 32. A man in a suit shaking hands with an American Legion member. There are several other American Legion members, from the Flint Chevrolet Motor Post 534, in the room. 33. Members of the American Legion, Flint Chevrolet Motor Post 534, posing. They are (front row, left to right) Norbert K. Miller, Harry H. Little, Milford J. Caldwell, Fay C. Fulmer, William C. Close, Charles D. Keeler, (back row) Lester Micholaizik, Charles E. Gross, Jr., Joseph Russell, Elgin DeLong, William Palo, and William Moody. 34. Four brothers, representing 122 years of service, holding Robert W. Podelsak's, regional manufacturing manager, arm to show off their 25 year service watches. The brothers are (left to right) John, William, Joseph, and Horace Wallis. They are at the IMA Auditorium. (1956) 35. Two men standing by a Chevrolet, holding birds they had shot, with three hunting dogs at their feet and their guns leaning against the car. 36. The 25,000,000th General Motors car, a 1940 Chevrolet Special Deluxe Sedan, with Marvin E. Coyle, William S. Knudsen, Alfred P. Sloan Jr., and Charles E. Wilson standing to the right of the car and a group of people watching. 37. The 25,000,000th General Motors car, a 1940 Chevrolet Special Deluxe Sedan, with Marvin E. Coyle, William S. Knudsen, Alfred P. Sloan Jr., and Charles E. Wilson standing to the right of the car and a group of people watching. 38. Men eating at tables, under a tent. Two photographs taped together. |
Collection |
Chevrolet |
Medium |
Print, Photographic |
Search Terms |
1940 Chevrolet Special Deluxe Sedan 25,000,000 car Tours Open house Chevrolet Works Council IMA Auditorium IMA Industrial Mutual Association General Motors Club of Buick Chevrolet Supervision Jamboree United States savings bonds Genesee County savings bonds Plant 9 Plant 4 Motor Division GM Folks Magazine American Legion Post 534 Flint Chevrolet Motor Post 534 |
Subjects |
Assembly-line methods Automobile industry Automobile equipment & supplies Automobiles Boys Children Events Industrial facilities Laborers Men Public speaking Women Game bird hunting Turkeys Hunting dogs Posing Floats (Parades) |
Caption |
Open house assembly line tour. |
Catalog Number |
2011.001.018 |

