Ford Motor Company Visitors' Bus at the Rouge Plant, April 1940
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Ford Motor Company offered the first public tours of its Rouge factory in 1924. The popular tours stoked the fascination surrounding the plant. Special buses like this one carried visitors around the massive 1,300-acre complex. Panoramic windows along the bus's sides and roof gave passengers a fine view of the industrial spectacle.
Ford Motor Company offered the first public tours of its Rouge factory in 1924. The popular tours stoked the fascination surrounding the plant. Special buses like this one carried visitors around the massive 1,300-acre complex. Panoramic windows along the bus's sides and roof gave passengers a fine view of the industrial spectacle.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
08 April 1940
Subject Date
08 April 1940
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.833.P.73546
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 in
Width: 10.938 in
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