Red Cross Women's Motor Corps Worker Learning about Auto Maintenance, November 1941

Summary

In 1941, Ford Motor Company provided automobile maintenance classes at its Highland Park facilities for the local Red Cross Volunteer Motor Corps. Instructors trained the volunteers in the mechanical skills they would need to keep their vehicles moving in times of emergency. Along with providing space for training, Ford also donated its 29 millionth Ford vehicle to the humanitarian organization.

In 1941, Ford Motor Company provided automobile maintenance classes at its Highland Park facilities for the local Red Cross Volunteer Motor Corps. Instructors trained the volunteers in the mechanical skills they would need to keep their vehicles moving in times of emergency. Along with providing space for training, Ford also donated its 29 millionth Ford vehicle to the humanitarian organization.

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

17 November 1941

Collection Title

General Photographs Series 

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.833.P.76384.B

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: 8.000 in

Width: 11.000 in

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