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This Chevrolet assembly plant opened in 1947 and produced the Chevrolet Corvair, Chevrolet Nova, Chevrolet Camaro, Chevrolet full-size models and the Pontiac Firebird. The plant was closed in 1992 after the production of Camaro and Firebird vehicles was moved to Sainte-The´re`se Assembly in Quebec. In 1998, the facility was razed and replaced with a large retail and industrial complex, known as The Plant. GM continues to operate a car-testing facility nearby. Photograph caption dated October 22, 1959 reads, "Employes [sic] at Chevrolet and Fisher Body assembly plants in Van Nuys file out after layoff ordered for indefinite period because of shortage caused by steel strike. Total of 3,460 employes [sic] were laid off at both plants,1,300 at Chevy, 2,160 at Fisher."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
General Motors Corporation.--Chevrolet Motor Division General Motors Corporation.--Fisher Body Division Valley Times (Firm) Automobile factories--California--Van Nuys (Los Angeles) Strikes and lockouts--Automobile industry--United States Automobile industry workers--California--Los Angeles Community newspapers--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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