Ford Motor Company Engineering Laboratory Drafting Room, Dearborn, Michigan, 1928

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Artifact Overview

Built in 1923-1924, the Ford Engineering Laboratory in Dearborn, Michigan, housed the automaker's tool design, production engineering and experimental engineering research departments. Henry Ford had an office there and, throughout his lifetime, the lab was the true heart of Ford Motor Company. The facility was expanded and remodeled several times over the years.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

20 March 1928

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1660.P.189.5340

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 in

Ford Motor Company Engineering Laboratory Drafting Room, Dearborn, Michigan, 1928