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Firebird III on display in General Motors exhibit, Seattle World's Fair, 1962

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Automotive and highway concepts already in the test stage for the world of tomorrow are displayed in the General Motors Corporation Exhibit in the Washington State Coliseum at the Seattle World's Fair. Firebird III is an experimental automobile powered by a gasoline turbine engine and having a single control stick in place of a steering wheel. This laboratory on wheels is just a part of General Motors tests for automobiles of the future.

Caption by Seattle World's Fair Public Relations Department.
ID Number: 1965.3598.15.30
Date: 1962
Physical Description: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.
Additional Information: View the finding aid for this collection at https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv17999
Credit: MOHAI, Walter Straley Century 21 Exposition Photograph Collection, 1965.3598.15.30
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