Edsel Ford, Charlie Chaplin, and Henry Ford Touring the Ford Motor Company Highland Park Plant, October 1923
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Edsel Ford (left) and Henry Ford (right) were photographed with Charles Chaplin while touring the actor-director through Ford Motor Company's Highland Park power plant in 1923. Thirteen years later, Chaplin satirized Ford's moving assembly line -- and the effects of its frantic pace on workers -- in his film Modern Times. Chaplin's pointed comedy examined the human cost of mass production.
Edsel Ford (left) and Henry Ford (right) were photographed with Charles Chaplin while touring the actor-director through Ford Motor Company's Highland Park power plant in 1923. Thirteen years later, Chaplin satirized Ford's moving assembly line -- and the effects of its frantic pace on workers -- in his film Modern Times. Chaplin's pointed comedy examined the human cost of mass production.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
October 1923
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.O.4144
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: 3.5 in
Width: 4.5 in
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