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Ford Motor Company's Foundry at Molotov Avtozavod, Gorky, USSR, 1935

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Artifact Overview

In 1929, Ford Motor Company signed an agreement with the Soviet government to help open two plants in the U.S.S.R. at Nizhny Novgorod and Moscow. Ford provided detailed drawings of factory buildings and equipment, and it sent engineers and foremen to oversee construction and startup. Although Ford lost money on the venture, it earned favorable international publicity.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

23 April 1935

Creators

Creator Notes

Original photographer is unidentified. Copied by Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan.

Collection Title

Photographic Vertical File Series

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1660.P.833.62837

Credit

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

Material

Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8.5 in
Width: 10 in

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