Man Driving a Wagon Filled with Scrap Metal, Inkster, Michigan, 1931
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During the Great Depression, Ford Motor Company began efforts to alleviate dire living conditions in Inkster, the African-American community adjacent to Dearborn, Michigan. Ford paved streets, repaired homes, installed sewers, and provided electricity. Inkster residents were also hired for work in Ford's Rouge Plant, though $3 of the men's $4 a day salary was deducted to cover further community improvements.
During the Great Depression, Ford Motor Company began efforts to alleviate dire living conditions in Inkster, the African-American community adjacent to Dearborn, Michigan. Ford paved streets, repaired homes, installed sewers, and provided electricity. Inkster residents were also hired for work in Ford's Rouge Plant, though $3 of the men's $4 a day salary was deducted to cover further community improvements.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
24 November 1931
Keywords
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.188.5206
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Linen (Material)
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7.5 in
Width: 11 in
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