Ford Motor Company Employees Eat Thanksgiving Dinner on the Job at the Highland Park Plant, November 1942
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Wartime production demands left no time for a holiday in 1942. Employees at Ford Motor Company's Highland Park plant worked straight through Thanksgiving, pausing only long enough to enjoy turkey legs in the lunchroom. The automobile industry provided one fifth of American manufacturing output during World War II.
Wartime production demands left no time for a holiday in 1942. Employees at Ford Motor Company's Highland Park plant worked straight through Thanksgiving, pausing only long enough to enjoy turkey legs in the lunchroom. The automobile industry provided one fifth of American manufacturing output during World War II.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
26 November 1942
Subject Date
26 November 1942
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.833.P.77218.6
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: 8.25 in
Width: 11 in
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