Factories

Body of a 1958 Plymouth Suburban station wagon is poised over the assembly line, ready to be lowered onto the chassis. This delicate operation is completed as the chassis moves steadily along the conveyorized assembly line. Matching bodies and chassis arrive at the "body drop" at precisely the proper time, thanks to a plant-wide teletype network controlling movement of parts. This assembly line is located at the Chrysler Corporation, Plymouth Division, in Detroit, Michigan. From: Photos used in the 1984 Truman Centennial Exhibit. National Archives Photo Number: 306-PS-61-6799.

National Association of Manufacturer's billboard in Dubuque, Iowa, which says "when wheels go round, the whole town profits". The glass company in the background is Dubuque's largest industry, employing 1,500 men during peak work. From: Photos used in the 1984 Truman Centennial Exhibit. Library of Congress Photo Number: LC-USF34-060470-D.

At the Trichorache nationalized enterprises a worker is obliterating the former owner's name from the signboard. From: Photos used in the 1984 Truman Centennial Exhibit. Library of Congress Photo Number: LC-USZ62-80756.

Kaiser Frazer plant in Willow Run, Michigan. Workers on this final assembly line process more than 50 automobiles an hour. From: Photos used in the 1984 Truman Centennial Exhibit. This image was obtained from the National Archives and Records Administration. National Archives Photo Number: 306-PS-49-16380

Edwin A. Locke, personal representative to the President, tours a cement plant in Canton during his third mission to China.

Inside a cement plant in Canton, China.

Edwin Locke, right, on his third mission to China, inspects Canton Cement Plant with unidentified Chinese officials representing the Kwangtung Provincial government.

Donald M. Nelson, Chairman, War Production Board, U.S. Member, Combined Production and Resources Board; with an unidentified man on either side, he inspects Research Enterprises, LTD, a war production plant in Toronto, Canada.

Sign outside Research Enterprises, LTD, a war production plant, in Toronto, Canada. The sign reads, "What will you do today to help win this war? Workers on Payroll--7268, Workers Present Today--6776, Workers Absent Yesterday--492, Anything Less than Your Best is Deserting."

Edwin A. Locke, Jr., right, tours the Shetsing Shan iron works near Peiping. He is a personal representative of the President to China.