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DETROIT GEOGRAPHY · FACTORIES

INDUSTRIAL DETROIT.

Industrial geography shaped employment, transportation, neighborhoods, wartime production, and Ralph Palmer's own pre-police career.

Packard Motor Car Company Auto Plant, Detroit, Mich.
REAL DETROIT SOURCE · Packard Motor Car Company automobile plant in Detroit, photographed between 1900 and 1910.
Source: Detroit Publishing Co. / source record · No known restrictions on publication
ROOM FRAMEWORK

Mapping the industrial city.

Ford and Lincoln connections
Vickers and wartime production
Factory districts and rail corridors
Worker neighborhoods and commuting routes
Arsenal of Democracy context
SOURCE STANDARD

Plant, rail, road, and neighborhood locations are included only when the geography can be verified.

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