General Motors Highways & horizons

New York World"s Fair.

Publisher: General Motors Corp. in [New York?

Written in English

Published: 1939 Pages: 16 Downloads: 211

Subjects:

Exhibitions.,
Highway planning -- Exhibitions.,
Transportation -- Exhibitions.

Edition Notes

The Physical Object
Other titles	Highways & horizons.
Genre	Exhibitions.
Contributions	Geddes, Norman Bel, 1893-1958., New York World"s Fair (1939-1940)
Pagination	[16] p. :
Number of Pages	16
ID Numbers
Open Library	OL19349762M
OCLC/WorldCa	23284883

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