The General Motors Corporation opened over a century ago with humble beginnings to grow into the company that became the global business powerhouse it is today. Established in 1908 by William C. Durant General Motors was the end-product of combining the Buick Oldsmobile Cadillac and Oakland companies. From the 1920s onwards GM grew from a company that accounted for about 10% of new auto sales in the U.S. to becoming the largest producer of cars and trucks in the world. By the 1960s due to a series of federal safety regulations and competetive challenges General Motors business would never be the same. Though they ve suffered their fair share of setbacks GM is still one of the biggest motor companies in the world even today. General Motors: A Photographic History explores the growth of the company in a series of 200] black-and-white images from the first assembly line to post-WWII recovery and takes the reader on an intriguing visual tour of a tremendously important piece of the industrialization of the U.S.