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Owens. This begs the question: Is the‘33 pictured in Chrysler Management a“real” production car or anther prototype?Are there any other model yearPlymouths taken against this backdrop?-- Jim BenjaminsonEditor’s s notes:DON BUTLER’S BOOK, The Plymouthand DeSoto Story, shows, on page 53, a1932 DeSoto seven-passenger sedanpictured in front of the same backdrop.MARV RAGUSE, member and Chrysleremployee, says the following about thestaging of those photos:The photo was shot against thenorth wall on the second floor ofthe six-story Engineering Buildingin Highland Park, Michigan. At thetime the building was only fourstories high. It’s not a factoryphoto, per se; I would call it anEngineering picture.On the north one-third of thefloor, a showroom or display areawas created. Other marketing shotsof the period also originated there.Years later, I was determined tofind where these pictures had beentaken and, much to my surprise, Idiscovered that my office wasabout 30 feet south of where thecar in the picture was resting. Allis now gone.I have, in my collection, many"original" black and white picturestaken of this early PC. The picturesare numbered PC3, PC4,PC5, etc.Notice that production hubcapswere not available yet for theshoot.PBThis winter hunting display of a ‘33 PDconvertible was staged in the same area asthe above photos. Note the curtains in thebackgroud similar to those between whichthe Chrysler logo center piece had beeninstalled for the display photos.FROM THE COLLECTION OF MARV RAGUSE, THIS PHOTOAPPEARED IN BULLETIN 173.-21-