William Clay Ford at Work on Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Engines, Ford Rouge Plant, September 1943
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Although Ford Motor Company wartime production of B-24 Bombers at its Willow Run Plant is better known, the company also produced Pratt & Whitney aircraft engines at its Rouge Plant facility during World War II. William Clay Ford (1925-2014), Henry Ford's grandson and Edsel and Eleanor Clay Ford's youngest child, is shown here working on one of these engines.
Although Ford Motor Company wartime production of B-24 Bombers at its Willow Run Plant is better known, the company also produced Pratt & Whitney aircraft engines at its Rouge Plant facility during World War II. William Clay Ford (1925-2014), Henry Ford's grandson and Edsel and Eleanor Clay Ford's youngest child, is shown here working on one of these engines.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
13 September 1943
Subject Date
13 September 1943
Keywords
United States, Michigan, Dearborn
Ford Motor Company. Rouge River Plant. Aircraft Engine Building
United Aircraft Corporation. Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Division
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.833.78635.A
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: 11 in
Width: 8.25 in
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