Ford Motor Company--Plant Construction--New Orleans, Louisiana--1922-1923--Item26

Summary

Starting in 1912, Ford Motor Company opened domestic assembly plants throughout the United States. Assembling automobiles closer to regional markets reduced shipping costs -- parts were cheaper to ship than completed automobiles. Albert Kahn, America's foremost industrial architect, designed Ford's modern, one-story New Orleans Assembly plant. The plant, which opened in 1923, supplied automobiles to three states until it closed in 1933.

Starting in 1912, Ford Motor Company opened domestic assembly plants throughout the United States. Assembling automobiles closer to regional markets reduced shipping costs -- parts were cheaper to ship than completed automobiles. Albert Kahn, America's foremost industrial architect, designed Ford's modern, one-story New Orleans Assembly plant. The plant, which opened in 1923, supplied automobiles to three states until it closed in 1933.

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

25 October 1922

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.721.112

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: 7.75 in

Width: 11.00 in

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