Aerial View of Ford Motor Company Plant, Cologne, Germany, 1950

Summary

Ford Motor Company operated sales and service branches, as well as factories, in cities around the world. This photograph shows the company's plant in Cologne, Germany. The cornerstone was laid by Henry Ford himself, who visited the site during a European tour in 1930. When the factory opened the following year, it employed some 2,000 people.

Ford Motor Company operated sales and service branches, as well as factories, in cities around the world. This photograph shows the company's plant in Cologne, Germany. The cornerstone was laid by Henry Ford himself, who visited the site during a European tour in 1930. When the factory opened the following year, it employed some 2,000 people.

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

1950

Subject Date

1950

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1660.P.O.4537

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 3.75 in

Width: 9.25 in

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