Missouri Valley Special Collections
Advanced Search | Help | My Favorites
All Images Local History Index  
Search results for: 31 item(s) for: "General Motors"
Search current collection(s) again
Refine your search
Subject
General Motors (14)
Fairfax Industrial Dis... (9)
Automobile Industry (7)
Leeds, Missouri (4)
African Americans (3)
Show more...

Type
Newspaper Article (12)
Magazine Article (6)
Photograph, B/w, 11x... (3)
Facts (2)
Photograph, B/w (2)
Show more...

Creator
Unknown (3)
Christine Riccelli (1)
Dan Margolies (1)
Dave Eulitt (1)
Dory Deangelo (1)
Show more...

Date
1951 (3)
March 122008 (1)
October/30/2001 (1)
Winter 2005-2006 (1)
November//1990 (1)
Show more...

 Image: Title: Date: Description:
1. ''We All Had a Cause'': Kansas City's Bomber Plant, 1941-1945 ''We All Had a Cause'': Kansas City's Bomber Plant, 1941-1945 Winter 2005-2006 The B-25 bomber was crucial to the war effort during World War II and many of these bombers were made in North American Aviation's Kansas City, Kansas facility. "This article describes the origin and development...
2. 150 Facts About Kansas City 150 Facts About Kansas City 2000 List of 150 facts prepared for the sesquicentennial of Kansas City in 2000.
3. 1951 Flood 1951 Flood 1951 Aerial view of flooded area looking southeast across the Fairax District. Downtown skyline, Municipal Airport, General Motors assembly plant, and Phillips Refinery in view.
4. 1951 Flood 1951 Flood 1951 Aerial view of flooded area looking east across the Fairfax Industrial District. View includes the Socony-Vacuum Terminal and Lube plant, General Motors assembly plant, International Harvester, and portions...
5. 1951 Flood 1951 Flood 1951 Aerial view of flooded area looking east across the Fairfax Industrial District.
6. 50 Largest Area Employers. .. 50 Largest Area Employers. .. November/5/1984 Table listing the top 50 largest Kansas City area employers in 1984, with the following top notables: (1) federal government, (2) General Motors Corporation, (3) Bendix Corporation, (4) Missouri state...
7. An Interview With Lounner Pemberton An Interview With Lounner Pemberton 1976-05-20 Interviewer: Horace M. Peterson III. Interview recorded May 20, 1976. 2 sound cassettes (ca. 60 minutes): analog, stereo.; 5 7/8 x 2 1/2 in., 1/8 in. tape2 sound discs; digital; 4 3/4 in. Has printed guide...
8. Baby You Can Drive My Car . . . Baby You Can Drive My Car . . . April 1, 2006 Brief article describing the auto manufacturing industry in the Kansas City area. The Ford Claycomo plant and General Motors Fairfax plant are described, as is their involvement in the production of hybrid...
9. Biography of the Greenlease Family--Robert Greenlease (1882-1969); Virginia Greenlease (1909-2001); and Biography of the Greenlease Family--Robert Greenlease (1882-1969); Virginia Greenlease (1909-2001); and Bobby Greenlease (1947-1953) 2003
10. Brookings Montgomery Papers Finding Aid Brookings Montgomery Papers Finding Aid 1940s-1962 Brookings Montgomery (1884-1963) was a local photographer who died in Kansas City at the age of 79. He owned and operated Montgomery Foto Service located at 1519 Wyandotte, Kansas City, Missouri. It is...
11. Buyout Program Near Completion Buyout Program Near Completion October 13, 2006 General Motors Corp. has been reducing its hourly work force by 30 percent. At the Fairfax plant, 682 of the plant's 2,500 production employees decided to leave, and more than 400 hundred have already...
12. Chevrolet Plant Chevrolet Plant Aerial view of Chevrolet plant, Kansas City, Missouri.
13. Chevrolet Plant Chevrolet Plant The Kansas City Star article (Nov. 28, 1915) indicates that construction of the plant was to begin the winter of 1915-1916, but it wasn't until May 1928 that actual building began in Leeds. Operations...
14. Community Was Rich In Sharing Community Was Rich In Sharing July 22, 2003 The current exhibit on the African American community in Leeds, Missouri, is commented on by Steve Penn in his column. The exhibit is located, until September, 2003, at the Bruce R. Watkins Cultural Heritage...
15. Cunningham Sells Chevrolet-Olds Unit Cunningham Sells Chevrolet-Olds Unit October/30/2001 Article about the sale of the Chevrolet-Oldsmobile division of the Cunningham Automotive Group in Kansas City following General Motors' announcement of plans "to stop Oldsmobile production." Company founded...
16. Dealership Loss May Not Have Been Voluntary Dealership Loss May Not Have Been Voluntary October 18, 2007 Major Cadilliac car dealership changed hands earlier this year. It had been in the Major family for 44 years, and the dealership has been a fixture in Kansas City since 1908. It was owned by three successive...
17. Employee Strikes Weave an Historic Thread Through Kansas City Employee Strikes Weave an Historic Thread Through Kansas City March 12, 2008 Article provides an historical overview of union labor strife in Kansas City; specifically three early labor strikes: 1889 Garment Makers Union walkout of the Swofford Brothers Shirt and Overall factory;...
18. General Motors Training Center General Motors Training Center 1965 Distant full frontal and side view; located in Shawnee Mission, Kansas.
19. GM Burnishing its Crown Jewel GM Burnishing its Crown Jewel January 29, 2013 Article on General Motors planning to invest $600 million in its Fairfax assembly plant in Kansas City, Kansas. The money will be used “to build and equip a 450,000-square-foot paint shop and upgrade...
20. GM Plant Makes 10 Millionth Vehicle GM Plant Makes 10 Millionth Vehicle August 26-September 1, 2005 The General Motors Corp. Fairfax Assembly Plant, 3201 Fairfax Trafficway in Kansas City, Kansas, produced its 10 millionth car, a black 2006 Chevrolet Malibu Maxx on August 19, 2005. All Chevrolet Malibus...