Lincoln Automobiles on Assembly Line Being Inspected before Shipment, April 1934

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Artifact Overview

Henry Leland formed Lincoln Motor Company in 1917 to manufacture Liberty airplane engines during World War I. Lincoln's plant occupied the corner of Livernois and Warren Avenues in Detroit. In 1920, Leland and Lincoln pivoted to luxury automobiles. More than 400,000 cars were built in the Detroit factory until operations moved to a new facility in Wixom, Michigan, which opened in 1957.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

22 April 1934

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1660.P.833.58816

Credit

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

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process
Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 8.25 in
Width: 10 in