Ford Homes District Construction on Beech Street from Haigh to Military, Dearborn, Michigan, 1920

Summary

Ford Motor Company's interest in employee loyalty went far beyond shop floor workers. Ford owned a great deal of land near Detroit and established a land development subsidiary explicitly for the purpose of erecting middle-class housing for managers and supervisors. These homes in Dearborn were completed in 1919.

Ford Motor Company's interest in employee loyalty went far beyond shop floor workers. Ford owned a great deal of land near Detroit and established a land development subsidiary explicitly for the purpose of erecting middle-class housing for managers and supervisors. These homes in Dearborn were completed in 1919.

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

27 May 1920

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.189.P.1011

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: 8.125 in

Width: 10 in

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