1933, GM at the Chicago World’s Fair

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1934

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Chicago, Illinois

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GM’s exhibit at the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair was one of the show’s biggest and most popular, featuring a working vehicle assembly line and the newly-invented two-stroke diesel engine.

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Hall of Progress Pamphlet
General Motors published this souvenir pamphlet for the Hall of Progress exhibit at the 1933-1934 Chicago World's Fair. It was a guide to the technical advances made by General Motors since the birth of the automobile.

Click here to view the entire pamphlet.








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