Ford Model T Sedan Bodies on Finish Trim Assembly Line at Holden Avenue Plant, Detroit, Michigan, April 2, 1923

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Artifact Overview

Included in Ford Motor Company's 1922 purchase of Lincoln Motor Company was a building on Holden Avenue in Detroit. Ford used the Holden Avenue Plant to assemble two-door Model T sedan bodies. Here, workers apply final trim on the paint line.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

02 April 1923

Subject Date

02 April 1923

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1660.P.189.1911

Credit

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

Material

Linen (Material)
Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 7.5 in
Width: 11 in

Inscriptions

Written in pencil on verso: Plants - Holden Ave. - finish trim line.