Manufacturing a Plymouth – 1936

Carl was buying a new Plymouth; he and Harry were at the plant in Detroit to pick up the brand new
automobile.

They were impressed by the sight of new cars coming off the assembly line – 2000 cars a day.

The industrial strength of Detroit was amazing to behold, and Harry expressed his astonishment in the
souvenir postcard he mailed to Virginia McAllister in Arizona.

Automobile manufacturing supported thousands of middle-class families in the area around Detroit and the city has never recovered fully from the decline of the industry.

Today, far fewer workers are needed to perform the tasks required to manufacture a car, and the operations are often specialized in remote locations.

One can appreciate the powerful impression created by the synchronized, rapid processes that created
an automobile in one long assembly line.