Loading Ford Model T Parts into a Boxcar at the Highland Park Plant, Detroit, Michigan, 1915

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Artifact Overview

Four men were photographed loading a Model T body into a boxcar at Ford Motor Company's Highland Park plant in 1915. To save space, workers generally packed bodies and chassis separately. These boxcars belonged to the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway, a subsidiary of the New York Central Railroad.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

23 April 1915

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1660.P.833.2838

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 in
Width: 10 in

Loading Ford Model T Parts into a Boxcar at the Highland Park Plant, Detroit, Michigan, 1915