Navy Officer, Ray Rausch and Harry Bennett at Groundbreaking for Swimming Pool at Navy Service School, Ford Rouge Plant, 1943
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The United States Navy Service School opened in Dearborn, Michigan, in early 1941. It was built on land leased to the Navy at Ford's Rouge Plant. Ford also built housing and recreational and hospital facilities for the students. The school trained thousands of young Navy recruits in a number of skilled trades during World War II.
The United States Navy Service School opened in Dearborn, Michigan, in early 1941. It was built on land leased to the Navy at Ford's Rouge Plant. Ford also built housing and recreational and hospital facilities for the students. The school trained thousands of young Navy recruits in a number of skilled trades during World War II.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
23 July 1943
Keywords
United States, Michigan, Dearborn
Bennett, Harry Herbert, 1892-1979
Rausch, Raymond Richard (R. R.), 1894-1961
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.833.P.78306
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Linen Back
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8.25 in
Width: 10 in
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