Harvard Business School Baker Library Historical Collections

The Human Factor

Introducing the Industrial Life Photograph Collection at the Baker Library

• Introduction
• The Exhibition
  • The Request
  • The Response
  • The Collection
  • The Medium
  • The Message
  • The Product
  • The Production
    • Chapter Introduction
    • Chapter Images
  • The Worker
  • The Audience
• Bibliography

Science out into the open

Science out into the open was the universal plan of Chrysler Corporation engineers for their new home. Hospital-like corridors with powerhouse sturdiness continuously banked with glass windows look in upon scientifically lighted laboratories in which a multitude of mechanical devices and scientific instruments of today’s knowledge are spaciously arranged.

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