Workers Installing Tires on Ford Model T Assembly Line at Highland Park Plant, circa 1925
THF94827 / Workers Installing Tires on Ford Model T Assembly Line at Highland Park Plant, circa 1925
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Artifact Overview
Ford constantly tweaked Model T assembly lines at its Highland Park plant for efficiency. In 1914, wheels and radiators were conveyed to a platform and slid down ramps for installation on the same line. By 1925, wheels (with tires already mounted and inflated) were conveyed directly to workers, who installed them on both sides of the chassis at once.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
circa 1925
Creators
Creator Notes
Originally photographed by/for Jervis B. Webb Company of Farmington Hills, Michigan.
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.O.6522
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
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