Assembling Universal Carriers, Ford Motor Company Somerville Plant, Somerville, Massachusetts, 1943
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Starting in 1912, Ford Motor Company opened domestic assembly plants near major cities throughout the United States. The company's Somerville, Massachusetts, plant opened in 1926. It replaced an earlier Boston-area facility in Cambridge. During World War II, employees at Somerville Assembly built Universal Carrier tracked vehicles for Allied forces. Ford closed the factory in 1958.
Starting in 1912, Ford Motor Company opened domestic assembly plants near major cities throughout the United States. The company's Somerville, Massachusetts, plant opened in 1926. It replaced an earlier Boston-area facility in Cambridge. During World War II, employees at Somerville Assembly built Universal Carrier tracked vehicles for Allied forces. Ford closed the factory in 1958.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
09 July 1943
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.833.P.78280.27
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: 8.125 in
Width: 10.938 in
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