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
    • Chapter Introduction
    • Chapter Images
  • The Production
  • The Worker
  • The Audience
• Bibliography

Silver streak girl with Pontiac car

What makes this picture good, says the publicity man, is the pretty girl to match the Pontiac car, the bathing suit and the several yards of white adhesive tape used to carry out the silver streak radiator design on the front of the bathing suit. . . . Not a bad idea, providing you are interested in bathing beauties.

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