Digital Collection
2012.044.990

Postcard

General Motors Building, Detroit, Mich.

Color postcard depicting the General Motors Building from the corner of W Grand Boulevard and Second Avenue with many automobiles and pedestrians in front.
Printed on verso: GENERAL MOTORS BUILDING, DETROIT, MICH. - Largest office building in the world, built exclusively for General Motors Corporation. It was a total number of offices in the main building of 1650, housing 6,000 people, building served with 31 elevators. The ground floor will be entirely devoted to show rooms for automobiles and an auditorium to seat 1,500 people. The Office Building and Laboratory will be connected by a large tunnel with electric tram service to a 2,000 H.P. Power House on Railroad siding one block away.
C.T. American Art Colored.

Date
1920s
Collection
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