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Army truck manufacture (Dodge). Here an army ambulance takes a nose dive down the almost perpendicular side of a high and tremendously steep hill which has been erected for the purpose of testing army vehicles

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). Over the top. An Army reconnaissance car which had just climbed a tremendously steep grade on the other side of this hill is here starting its descent down the equally steep grade visible in the picture. Going up and down this hill is a severe test for both driver and vehicle

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). Over the top. An Army reconnaissance car which had just climbed a tremendously steep grade on the other side of this hill is here starting its descent down the equally steep grade visible in the picture. Going up and down this hill is a severe test for both driver and vehicle

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). Army trucks must be capable of getting through, even in the worst possible operating conditions. Above is shown a Dodge Army truck climbing a tremendously steep grade over soft ground that gives the poorest kind of traction

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). Army trucks must be capable of getting through, even in the worst possible operating conditions. Above is shown a Dodge Army truck climbing a tremendously steep grade over soft ground that gives the poorest kind of traction

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). Trucks built for the U.S. Army by Dodge are tested on this ramp to make sure that all of them are able to meet the Army specifications of climbing a sixty percent grade. Brakes are also tested at the same time to make sure of their ability to hold the truck on any part of this tremendously steep incline

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). Trucks built for the U.S. Army by Dodge are tested on this ramp to make sure that all of them are able to meet the Army specifications of climbing a sixty percent grade. Brakes are also tested at the same time to make sure of their ability to hold the truck on any part of this tremendously steep incline

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). Army officers attending the school conducted by the Chrysler Corporation to assist our fighting forces in the job training men to operate the thousands of trucks required by today's streamlined division are given actual practice in driving the trucks in a testing field. Above is an Army officer putting one of these trucks through its paces in a heavy mud wallow which is just one of the many tests to which the driver and vehicle are subjected

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). A defense worker checking the front axle assembly of a Dodge Army truck just before it moves off the production line

Army truck manufacture (Dodge). Here an army ambulance takes a nose dive down the almost perpendicular side of a high and tremendously steep hill which has been erected for the purpose of testing army vehicles

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Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches).

Caption card lists some of the printing history of image.

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Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.

More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsaowi

Film copy on SIS roll 30, frame 509.

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01/01/1940
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michigan wayne county detroit safety film negatives alfred t palmer united states office for emergency management photo army truck army ambulance army vehicles nose dive office of war information farm security administration united states history truck detroit publishing company photograph collection library of congress