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- Description:
- Striking General Motors employees, carrying signs, picket the General Motors plant in Hamtramck. They are led by several men in military uniforms, one carrying a Hamtramck flag, and a boy. Further back in the line is a United States flag. They are part of a strike that involved 200,000 workers and shut down 96 GM plants.
- Notes:
- Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library
- Date Issued:
- 1945-12-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library
- Collection:
- Virtual Motor City
- Description:
- UAW President Leonard Woodcock stands at a podium addressing union delegates during the 1970 General Motors strike. He is asking them to vote to increase union dues to finance the strike.
- Notes:
- Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library
- Date Issued:
- 1970-10-24T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library
- Collection:
- Virtual Motor City
- Description:
- UAW President Leonard Woodcock stands at a podium addressing union delegates during the 1970 General Motors strike. He is asking them to vote to increase union dues to finance the strike.
- Notes:
- Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library
- Date Issued:
- 1970-10-24T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library
- Collection:
- Virtual Motor City
- Description:
- UAW President Leonard Woodcock stands at a podium addressing union delegates during the 1970 General Motors strike. He is asking them to vote to increase union dues to finance the strike.
- Notes:
- Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library
- Date Issued:
- 1970-10-24T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library
- Collection:
- Virtual Motor City
- Description:
- UAW President Leonard Woodcock stands at a podium addressing union delegates during the 1970 General Motors strike. He is asking them to vote to increase union dues to finance the strike.
- Notes:
- Collection located at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. To schedule an appointment to view the original image, order high resolution copies, or seek permission to use an image, contact the Walter P. Reuther Library Audiovisual Department at reutherreference@wayne.edu., Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University, and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original description by the Walter P. Reuther Library
- Date Issued:
- 1970-10-24T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries and Walter P. Reuther Library
- Collection:
- Virtual Motor City
- Description:
- 8x10 black and white photograph of 1905 Packard Model N, front view with male occupants. Inscribed on photo back: 4-cylinder, 28-horsepower, 106-inch wheelbase, 5-person touring car, non-standard "N" body. Note: special spot light mounted on dash at left and resultant missing left side light. Doubtless the occupants are factory personnel conducting a test run.
- Notes:
- The original materials from this collection are located in the Special Collections at the Detroit Public Library. Additional items that were not digitized may also be available. and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original cataloging by the Detroit Public Library
- Date Issued:
- 1905-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Public Library and Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Changing Face of the Auto Industry
- Description:
- 8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1924 Packard seven-eights left side view, parked on street in front of Packard Motor Car Co. administration building, man behind wheel. Inscribed on photo back: the last Packard truck remaining in the P.M.C.Co. fleet.
- Notes:
- The original materials from this collection are located in the Special Collections at the Detroit Public Library. Additional items that were not digitized may also be available. and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original cataloging by the Detroit Public Library
- Date Issued:
- 1905-04-07T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Public Library and Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Changing Face of the Auto Industry
- Description:
- 8x10 black and white photograph from glass negative of mud-spattered 1905 Packard Model N with five males in goggles and work clothes. Inscribed on photo back: 4-cylinder, 28-horsepower, 106-inch wheelbase, 5-person touring car, non-standard "N" body. Note that the top edge of the body following line of the door for a distance aft of the door before curving up to follow the line of the rear seat, whereas this line on the standard "N" body curved up immediately aft of the tonneau door. Note: special spot light mounted on dash at left & resultant missing left side light. Doubtless the occupants were Packard personnel and were conducting a test run.
- Notes:
- The original materials from this collection are located in the Special Collections at the Detroit Public Library. Additional items that were not digitized may also be available. and This metadata was created by Wayne State University Library system based on original cataloging by the Detroit Public Library
- Date Issued:
- 1905-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Public Library and Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Changing Face of the Auto Industry
- Description:
- President Barack H. Obama speaks to workers at the Chrysler Jefferson North Assembly Plant in Detroit, MI. He says that investments in the auto industry are helping create and save American jobs and he praises workers and the products made at the plant. He also describes the economic situation when he took office, says things have improved and criticizes those who opposed Federal loans to the domestic automobile companies.
- Date Issued:
- 2010-07-30T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Antique automobile restoration expert Dan Shafarman talks about his interest in REO motor cars and his difficult search for parts to fix a REO Royale. Shafarman also talks about his life before coming to the Lansing, MI area in 1969, mass production techniques in the auto industry, bad working conditions in the early car factories, Henry Ford’s hiring and pay practices, corporate paternalism, and the "novel" idea of paying workers enough to afford to buy the products they built. Recorded as part of the commemoration of REO Motor Car Company’s 100th Anniversary.
- Date Issued:
- 2004-05-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection