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- Description:
- Dr. Willis Dunbar presents "This Was 1949," a review of local and national news and chart topping songs. Among the news stories Dunbar covers are the inaugurations of President Harry S. Truman and Governor G. Mennen Williams (D-MI), Michigan high school sports, the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty, local election results, and the first Soviet atomic bomb test. A series of interviews and sound bytes used in the program follows.
- Date Issued:
- 1949-12-31T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Dick Trierweiler talks about his career at REO Motor Car Company/Diamond-Reo Trucks, Inc, in Lansing, MI, from 1960 to 1975. Trierweiler describes his youth, early jobs, hiring into REO, and the jobs he held with the company, including test driving trucks. Trierweiler tells of his struggles to earn an engineering degree while working full-time and later becoming a Technical Service manager and engineering trouble-shooter. The interviewer is Shirley Bradley. Recorded as part of the commemoration of REO Motor Car Company’s 100th Anniversary.
- Date Issued:
- 2004-05-04T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- 8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1927 Packard three-quarter left front view, male behind wheel. Inscribed on photo back: Packard 336, third series eight (produced 8/2/1926-7/1/1927), 8-cylinder, 106-horsepower, 136-inch wheelbase, 2/4-person runabout (body type #292), engineering test room, Packard Motor Car Co., Detroit, Mich.
- 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:
- 1927-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Public Library and Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Changing Face of the Auto Industry
- Description:
- 8x10 black and white print copied from a glass negative of seven 1912 Packard 30 Model UE runabouts on rutted road, all have male drivers, three have male passengers, large brick house in background. Inscribed on photo back: 1912 Packards, road testing, 1912 Packard 6, engine hoods on some of the cars, 1911 Michigan license plate #5062M.
- 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:
- 1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Public Library and Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Changing Face of the Auto Industry
- Description:
- 8x10 black and white photograph of the wooden test track outside of a Dodge Brothers Company factory
- 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:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Public Library and Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Changing Face of the Auto Industry
- Description:
- 8x10 black and white photograph of a line of cars being road tested, image inscribed "Road Testing Department"
- 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:
- 1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Wayne State University. Libraries and Detroit Public Library
- Collection:
- Changing Face of the Auto Industry
- Description:
- 8x10 black and white Packard Co. file photograph of a 1932 Packard left side view. Inscribed on photo back: Packard 901, standard eight, ninth series, 8-cylinder, 110-horsepower, 136.5-inch wheelbase, 5-person sedan (body type #543), attached to Packard towing dynamo-meter (rear car), once a 1928 Packard 526, fifth series six, 6-cylinder, 81-horsepower, 126-inch wheelbase, 5-person sedan (body type #323), note modifications: non standard tail lamp, no spare tire, front bumper headlamps removed, massive tow bar at front, steering wheel removed, "Packard Towing Dynamo-meter" in belt panels, 2.5-mile oval test track, Packard Proving Grounds, Utica, Mich.
- 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:
- 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Public Library and Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Changing Face of the Auto Industry
- Description:
- Dr. Willis Dunbar presents "This Was 1949," a review of local and national news and chart topping songs. Among the news stories Dunbar covers are the inaugurations of President Harry S. Truman and Governor G. Mennen Williams (D-MI), Michigan high school sports, the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty, local election results, and the first Soviet atomic bomb test. A series of interviews and sound bytes used in the program follows.
- Date Issued:
- 1949-12-31T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Dick Trierweiler talks about his career at REO Motor Car Company/Diamond-Reo Trucks, Inc, in Lansing, MI, from 1960 to 1975. Trierweiler describes his youth, early jobs, hiring into REO, and the jobs he held with the company, including test driving trucks. Trierweiler tells of his struggles to earn an engineering degree while working full-time and later becoming a Technical Service manager and engineering trouble-shooter. The interviewer is Shirley Bradley. Recorded as part of the commemoration of REO Motor Car Company’s 100th Anniversary.
- Date Issued:
- 2004-05-04T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- 8x10 black and white photograph of the wooden test track outside of a Dodge Brothers Company factory
- 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:
- 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Public Library and Wayne State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- Changing Face of the Auto Industry