Photo Record
Images
Metadata
People |
Klutts, Charles Klutts Lewis, William Palmer, Emil J. Marsh, John Joslin, John Drlik, Frank |
Description |
Photographs of Chevrolet employees in factory and building interiors (8 in. x 10 in., unless otherwise noted): 1. Unnamed workers on the car assembly line. 2. Two unnamed workers operating a metal press. 3. Charles Klutts, William Lewis, Emil J. Palmer, and John Marsh (from left to right) painting engines. 4. Unnamed workers at the end of the assembly line, giving a final inspection. 5. Unnamed workers operating machinery. 6. Unnamed workers on assembly line for car bodies. 7. An unnamed worker adjusting brake travel on a car. 8. An unnamed worker soldering car parts. There is damage to the bottom half of the photograph. 9. Workers in the Buick engine plant on W. Kearsley St., later the building will become home to Chevrolet Manufacturing. William Beacraft is on the right. (1904) 10. Two unnamed workers waiting to lower a vehicle body onto a chassis assembly line. 11. Three scenes of unnamed men working on clutch springs. 12. An unnamed worker transporting a vehicle chassis in plant 2. 13. Four unnamed workers inspecting valves in plant 4. 14. An unnamed man working with camshafts in plant 4 (?). 15. Unnamed workers on a car assembly line in plant 2 (?) 16. Unnamed men working on the assembly line for 1925 Superior series K touring cars in plant 2 (?). (1924) 17. Six unnamed men working on the chassis of a vehicle. 18. Three unnamed workers lowering grill and wheel wells onto rest of chassis in plant 2 (?). (1939) 19. Two unnamed mechanics working on a forklift. (7 in. x 10 in.) 20. Unnamed workers molding pistons. (7 ½ in. x 10 ½ in.) 21. Unnamed workers handling automotive parts in a warehouse. (7 ½ in. x 10 ½ in.) 22. A factory filled with machines and unnamed workers visible on the right. 23. An unnamed worker standing beside a metal press machine. 24. An unnamed worker polishing grills. 25. Four unnamed workers lowering a body onto a vehicle chassis in plant 2 (?). 26. Frank Drlik reaming valve seats in a cylinder head. (1937) 27. John Joslin counterboring six spark plug holes and spot facing six intake valve holes in plant 5 (?). 28. Three unnamed workers welding fan blades. 29. An unnamed worker balancing fan blades. 30. Two unnamed men working on a piece of machinery. 31. An unnamed worker grinding valves in plant 9. 32. An unnamed worker testing clutch springs. |
Collection |
Chevrolet |
Medium |
Print, Photographic |
Search Terms |
Chevrolet Fisher Body Clutch springs Car body Car chassis Car parts Plant 2 Plant 4 Plant 9 Chevrolet 1925 Superior series K Fan blades Camshaft Crankshaft |
Subjects |
Industrial facilities Automobile industry Automobiles Laborers Automobile equipment & supplies Assembly-line methods Men Grinding machines Grinding wheels Presses Painting |
Caption |
Workers on an assembly line. |
Catalog Number |
2011.001.004 |