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by Barney Olsen (Author), Joe Cabadas (Author) "In the last decade of the nineteenth century and the early years of the twentieth, Americans had witnessed the proliferation of electric lights, the advent..." (more)
Key Phrases: truck plant, auto factories, auto factory, National Automotive History Collection, Henry Ford, General Motors (more...)

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Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), March 13, 2006 (combined circ.: 100,000)

“An exciting pictorial jaunt through the history of American automobile manufacturing … If you like cars, you’ll want to add this 192-page, large-format book to your collection.”

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Witness the evolution of the American auto factory beginning with the basic hand-built assembly of cars built in the earliest part of the twentieth century, through the age of the assembly line, up to today's robotically-operated lines. Large photographs of the assembly lines in action send readers into nostalgic old factories. See the workers, the tools, the methods and the machines that combined their efforts with the ingenuity of industry players like Henry Ford, Ransom Olds. Walter Chrysler, and others to make possible the automobile's worldwide proliferation and availability. Flash back in time to witness the factories decade by decade in never-before published vintage photographs. Featured automakers include Ford, GM and Chrysler, along with smaller companies like Packard, Studebaker, Duesenberg and Auburn. Significant automotive industry events of the past combined with today's technological advances deliver a dynamic photographic look at the auto factories of yesterday and today.

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Hardcover: 192 pages
Publisher: Motorbooks (November 14, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0760310599
ISBN-13: 978-0760310595
Product Dimensions: 12.1 x 10.6 x 1 inches
Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)

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