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Studebaker Plant - South Bend Exteriors

17 images Created 8 Sep 2014

Period images of Studebaker's South Bend production facilities taken by Studebaker corporate photographers.

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  • The Studebaker Corporation's powerplant.  Photo taken 1924, facing west. South Bend's Sample Street is on the left side of the image.
    Studebaker powerplant east 1924.jpg
  • Studebaker buildings 53-58 c. 1910. Image taken from powerhouse smokestack facing east.
    Studebaker Building 53-58 c. 1910 .jpg
  • The Studebaker Corporation's powerplant. Photo taken 1924, facing northwest. South Bend's Sample Street is visible in front of the poowerplant.
    Studebaker powerplant southeast 1924.jpg
  • The west face of the Studebaker Corporation's Administration Building, South Bend, Indiana c. 1915.  Designed by Solon Beman.
    Ad Bldg Studebaker script sign west ...jpg
  • The north face of the Studebaker Corporation's Administration Building, South Bend, Indiana c. 1915. Designed by Solon Beman.
    Ad Bldg ext before tracks N171.jpg
  • The west face of the Studebaker Corporation's Administration Building, South Bend, Indiana c. 1915. Designed by Solon Beman.
    Ad Bulding exterior before tracks N1...jpg
  • Studebaker's South Bend plant's lumberyards located south of Sample Street.  Image taken from powerplant smokestack 1911. Studebaker buildings 53 and 58 are visible on the right.  They later housed the Newman and Altman Studebaker parts business.
    lumberyards looking south-southeast.jpg
  • Southwest facing aerial view of Studebaker's South Bend plant in 1926.  Sample Street is shown in the foreground running east-west. Studebaker's power plant is shown on the right smokestacks).  Buildings 53 & 58 are visible at the bottom  of the image.  Building 78 (four story building) is shown in the middle, along with the Machine Shop (one story building across from power plant), the Foundry (behind machine shop) and the stamping and assembly buildings (behind #78.)
    Powerplant and Bldg 78 26-4070.jpg
  • New Studebaker M-Series trucks sit outside building #78 at the company's South Bend plant.  The Studebaker Engineering Building is visible in the background, as is the power plant (smokestacks.)
    Bldg 78 Engineering c. 1945 S9838-2.jpg
  • New 1926 Studebaker automobiles sit outside of building #78.  Studebaker's power plant is visible in the background (smokestacks.)
    Building 78 Drive away 4206.jpg
  • Studebaker buildings 47-48 are shown in this 1923 image. This image faces northwest.  The Studebaker Administration Building is visible at the extreme right. Buildings 47-48 were later known as the Transwestern building.  The Pennsylvania Railroad yard is visible to the right.
    Bldg 47-48 1923 23-1728.jpg
  • A 1926 aerial image facing south of Studebaker's South Bend plant. The Body Assembly building, #84, is shown in the foreground. South Bend's Union Station was not yet built.
    Plant aerial 1926 Body Plant 26-4074.jpg
  • Studebaker buildings #53 and #58 are shown in this c. 1910 image.  This shot was taken from the roof of another Studebaker factory building facing southwest.  These buildings were later home to Standard Surplus and the Newman and Altman Studebaker parts business.
    53-58 c.1910.jpg
  • Studebaker's Body Plant (#84, with water tower) and building #69 (left) are shown in this 1941 image.  New 1941 Studebakers are parked awaiting shipment. The older structure in front of the body plant was torn down the mid 1940s. This view faces northwest.
    1941 Bldg 84 & 69 S7835-4.jpg
  • Studebaker's Salvage Building is shown here in this 1941 image. This building later housed the Standard Surplus/ Newman & Altman parts business.
    Bldg 53-58 S9834 .jpg
  • Studebaker building #84, the company's body assembly plant, 1924.
    Body Plant #84 1924 24-1813.jpg
  • The Borax 20-Mule Team stops at Studebaker's South Bend plant in the early 1900s.
    P00260 Old Admin Bldg.jpg
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