Packard Plant History Shown In Vintage Advertisement (PHOTO)

LOOK: Before It Was Abandoned..
FILE - In this Dec. 11, 2008 file photo, pedestrians walk by the abandoned Packard plant in Detroit. Dominic Cristini, who claims ownership of the Packard plant through Bioresource Inc., is awaiting demolition permits. He says he wants to start demolition within a month. He estimates it will cost $6 million to raze the plant. The plant closed in the mid 1950s. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)
FILE - In this Dec. 11, 2008 file photo, pedestrians walk by the abandoned Packard plant in Detroit. Dominic Cristini, who claims ownership of the Packard plant through Bioresource Inc., is awaiting demolition permits. He says he wants to start demolition within a month. He estimates it will cost $6 million to raze the plant. The plant closed in the mid 1950s. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

It may seem like Detroit's Packard Plant has always been an abandoned cavernous, often smoldering ruin. So a vintage advertisement posted on Imgur and shared by Reddit user hellpony that touts the plant's modern innovations seems more than dated.

But it's not just the Packard Plant that's changed. It would be difficult to find a contemporary advertisement that spent as much space on technical details of an assembly line, let alone revealed production expenses -- it's a lot more involved than "Like a Rock."

Below, check out photos of the Packard Plant today and throughout history.

The Packard Plant In Detroit

Hat tip: Reddit.

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