Workers Crating Ford GPW (Jeeps) for Shipping, Ford Motor Company Lincoln Plant, Detroit, Michigan, 1944

Summary

Civilian automobile production ceased during World War II as American industries geared up for victory. This photograph shows workers on a converted Lincoln assembly line preparing U.S. Army jeeps for shipping.

Civilian automobile production ceased during World War II as American industries geared up for victory. This photograph shows workers on a converted Lincoln assembly line preparing U.S. Army jeeps for shipping.

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

09 October 1944

Subject Date

09 October 1944

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1660.P.833.80707.2

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

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