Baseball Game at Willow Run Bomber Plant Recreation Field, September 1944
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Opportunities for recreation were essential to maintaining morale among Willow Run's employees, who worked long shifts under constant pressure to meet wartime production goals. To ease the strain, the plant offered organized leagues for baseball, bowling, golf, and other sports.
Opportunities for recreation were essential to maintaining morale among Willow Run's employees, who worked long shifts under constant pressure to meet wartime production goals. To ease the strain, the plant offered organized leagues for baseball, bowling, golf, and other sports.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
19 September 1944
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.833.P.80562.2
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)
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