First Batch of Fordson Tractors Assembled at the Ford Plant at Cork, Ireland, Week of April 13, 1929
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Henry Ford formed an Irish subsidiary company, Henry Ford & Son Limited, in 1917. He opened a tractor plant in County Cork, Ireland, two years later. The factory soon began building components for Ford automobiles, and tractor production ceased in 1922. Tractors returned to the factory's lineup in 1929, but the depression ended Cork tractor production for good in 1932.
Henry Ford formed an Irish subsidiary company, Henry Ford & Son Limited, in 1917. He opened a tractor plant in County Cork, Ireland, two years later. The factory soon began building components for Ford automobiles, and tractor production ceased in 1922. Tractors returned to the factory's lineup in 1929, but the depression ended Cork tractor production for good in 1932.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
13 April 1929
Subject Date
13 April 1929
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Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.833.P.X.38.144
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: 7.875 in
Width: 11 in
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