Workers Assembling Car Bodies at Ford Rouge Plant, 1932
THF98593 / Workers Assembling Car Bodies at Ford Rouge Plant, 1932
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Artifact Overview
Henry Ford's River Rouge Plant, developed between 1917 and 1928, employed more than 100,000 people at its peak in the 1930s. The Rouge Plant started with raw materials and rolled a completely new vehicle off the line every 49 seconds. In this image, workers on the assembly line at the Rouge Plant join an automobile body with its chassis.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
01 July 1932
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.833.57060.9
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: 10 in
Width: 8.5 in
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