General Motors truck, probably designed to carry an exhibit for the company's Parade of Progress"" – Antique Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic photograph captures General Motors truck, probably designed to carry an exhibit for the company's Parade of Progress"" in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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General Motors truck, probably designed to carry an exhibit for the company's Parade of Progress""
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The caption card for this 1941 print describes a General Motors truck, probably built to haul an exhibit for the company's Parade of Progress, a traveling show that carried GM's products and ideas about industry and technology to towns across the United States. The record is unverified, so the exact vehicle and its load remain uncertain. The picture dates to the last months before the United States entered World War II, when the auto industry was starting to shift toward defense production. Commercial trucks like this one were central to that work and to the everyday movement of goods, so the image shows both a corporate promotion effort and the growing role of heavy vehicles in American life.
| Created / published | 1941 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Trucks. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,245 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-156326 |
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