Ford Sociological Department Advisor Inspecting Employee Home Conditions, Inkster, Michigan, 1915
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Artifact Overview
Ford Motor Company established its Sociological Department in 1914. The department established rules and conditions that Ford employees had to meet to qualify for the company's Five Dollar Day pay rate. Department officials monitored employees both at work and at home. This photograph showed an inspector making departmental recommendations for home improvements to an employee and his wife.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1915
Creators
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.1196
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: 8.063 in
Width: 10 in
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