Dry Goods Store, Ford Motor Company Plant, Pequaming, Michigan, 1926
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Ford Motor Company opened its first employee commissary in 1919. By purchasing groceries, dry goods and over-the-counter medicines in bulk, Ford obtained better prices -- savings which it then passed on to employees through its company stores. The lumbering village of Pequaming, essentially a Ford company town, was especially dependent on its commissary; it was the only store in the area.
Ford Motor Company opened its first employee commissary in 1919. By purchasing groceries, dry goods and over-the-counter medicines in bulk, Ford obtained better prices -- savings which it then passed on to employees through its company stores. The lumbering village of Pequaming, essentially a Ford company town, was especially dependent on its commissary; it was the only store in the area.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
16 February 1926
Subject Date
16 February 1926
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.833.45961
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: 7.875 in
Width: 11.125 in
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