Ford GPW Command Reconnaissance Vehicle, September 1942
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Like other American automakers, Ford Motor Company suspended civilian production during World War II. Instead, the company devoted its employees and factories to manufacturing Allied war materiel. Ford facilities produced aircraft engines, bomber airplanes, gliders, tanks, armored cars, and -- as seen here -- GPW jeep vehicles. More than 282,000 jeeps rolled off Ford assembly lines from 1941-1945.
Like other American automakers, Ford Motor Company suspended civilian production during World War II. Instead, the company devoted its employees and factories to manufacturing Allied war materiel. Ford facilities produced aircraft engines, bomber airplanes, gliders, tanks, armored cars, and -- as seen here -- GPW jeep vehicles. More than 282,000 jeeps rolled off Ford assembly lines from 1941-1945.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
22 September 1942
Subject Date
22 September 1942
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.833.P.77049.M
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Linen (Material)
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8.25 in
Width: 10.875 in
Inscriptions
Handlettered in image on lower front right corner: 77049-M-9-22-42
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