Ford Photos

[Brian Gough]

Originally posted by Bill Murray
I have more thoughts on this subject, but for the moment can someone tell Dummy Dugan here what is the GM "Bible" or "Black Book" and is any of it accessable or has it been published/posted somewhere.
Bill

Hi Bill,

References to the GM "Bible" or "Black Book" is to the "Album of Army Vehicles built by General Motors of Canada Ltd. for the Department of National Defence and the British War Office"

It was described in CMP #15 (OMVA magazine - June 1998) by Brian Asbury, then the editor, as:

"The album includes an index listing negative numbers, dates and a brief description. An analysis of one of the surviving copies (in a private collection) suggests that between February 1941 and June 1943 about one thousand photos were taken of which about 390 were chosen for the album."


Also see this earlier MLU thread:

http://www.mapleleafup.org/forums/sh...=&threadid=745


Brian