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Title:

First Plymouth car turned in for one millionth Plymouth car

Date of Original:

1933-1934

Identifier:

COP_17_0004_00112_001.tif

Permalink:

https://n2t.net/ark:/81984/d3251fk5x

Type:

Image

Caption:

The grand-daddy of all Plymouth cars meets its latest descendant at the Chicago World's Fair test track of the Chrysler corporation as Mrs. Ethel Miller of Turlock, California, turns in the first Plymouth ever built and in return receives title to the one millionth car from J.B. Wagstaff, director of advertising for the company. City and Fair officials welcomed Mrs. Miller at ceremony held yesterday (Saturday) at the Fair. Left to Right are Jeffrey A. O'Connor, Chicago commissioner of public service, Rufus C. Dawes, president of the Century of Progress, Mrs. Miller, Lenox R. Lohr, general manager of the Fair, George Kennedy, deputy commissioner, and J.B. Wagstaff.

Rights:

In copyright

Access:

Public access

Subject--Topic

Automobiles

Plymouth automobile

Subject--Name

Dawes, Rufus C. (Rufus Cutler), 1867-1940

Lohr, Lenox R. (Lenox Riley), 1891-1968

Photographer:

Kaufmann & Fabry Co.

Form:

Photographs

Color:

Black and white

Extent:

6.5 x 10.5 in.

Collection Information

Collection:

Century of Progress records

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Series:

Series 17: Iconographics

Box:

4

Folder:

112

Repository:

University of Illinois at Chicago. Library. Special Collections and University Archives Department (Richard J. Daley Library)

Repository Collection Type:

Manuscript Collections

Repository Location:

Richard J. Daley Library

Acknowledgements

Acknowledgements

Funded by a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant awarded by the Illinois State Library under Jesse White

Secretary of State.