Workers at the Ford Motor Company Plant in Ypsilanti, Michigan, March 13, 1947
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In the early 1920s, Henry Ford began locating small hydroelectrically powered plants in rural southeast Michigan. These "Village Industries" employed local people who could maintain farms while working at the factory. The plant at Ypsilanti operated from 1932 to 1947 and produced automobile starters and generators. As many as 1,500 people worked there, making it the largest of these small factories.
In the early 1920s, Henry Ford began locating small hydroelectrically powered plants in rural southeast Michigan. These "Village Industries" employed local people who could maintain farms while working at the factory. The plant at Ypsilanti operated from 1932 to 1947 and produced automobile starters and generators. As many as 1,500 people worked there, making it the largest of these small factories.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
13 March 1947
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.833.84087.6
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: 11 in
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