Assembly Room at Ford Motor Company Piquette Plant, Detroit, Michigan, 1906

Summary

This photograph shows workers at Ford Motor Company's plant on Piquette Avenue in Detroit. No one had yet conceived of the moving assembly line, so crews moved from vehicle to vehicle.

This photograph shows workers at Ford Motor Company's plant on Piquette Avenue in Detroit. No one had yet conceived of the moving assembly line, so crews moved from vehicle to vehicle.

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1906

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1660.P.188.23362

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: 7.5 in

Width: 11 in

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