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Title: Chevrolet assembly plant open house
Alternative Title: Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection;
Date Created and/or Issued: 1948
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
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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.
Cars are at a standstill on Van Nuys Boulevard near Arminta Street during an open house for a newly constructed Chevrolet assembly plant; view is looking north. The third billboard from the left indicates that the open house runs from 2/19-2/21/1948. Photograph dated February 20, 1948.
Type: image
Format: 1 negative :safety ;13 x 18 cm.
Photographic safety negatives
Identifier: 00104418
Blackstock Negative Collection; Los Angeles Photographers Collection;
GPC_b47_f5_i2
CARL0005205195
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/117401
Subject: General Motors Corporation.--Chevrolet Motor Division
Automobile factories--California--Van Nuys (Los Angeles)
Automobiles--California--Los Angeles
Traffic congestion--California--Van Nuys (Los Angeles)
Streets--California--Van Nuys (Los Angeles)
Billboards--California--Van Nuys (Los Angeles)
Sidewalks--California--Van Nuys (Los Angeles)
Pedestrians--California--Los Angeles
Electric lines--Poles and towers
Van Nuys Boulevard (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles Photographers Collection photographs
Blackstock Collection photographs

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