75 Year Span - Ford Motor Company World Headquarters in 1978 - First Factory in 1903

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Artifact Overview

Ford Motor Company's growth from 1903 to 1978 is illustrated by this image. At bottom is the automaker's original single-story factory on Detroit's Mack Avenue. At top is the 12-story Henry Ford II World Center, built in Dearborn in 1953-1956 to house Ford's world headquarters. Ford outgrew Mack Avenue quickly, relocating to a building on Detroit's Piquette Avenue in late 1904.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1903 and 1978

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1660.P.O.8504

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8.25 in
Width: 10.25 in

75 Year Span - Ford Motor Company World Headquarters in 1978 - First Factory in 1903