Red Cross Ambulance Drivers Ready to Drive Ford Model T Ambulances, July 1918
THF130002 / Red Cross Ambulance Drivers Ready to Drive Ford Model T Ambulances, July 1918
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Artifact Overview
Ford Motor Company donated $500,000 to the Red Cross early in World War I. The humanitarian organization used the money to purchase nearly 1,000 Ford vehicles, including 107 ambulances, for wartime use. Ford produced another 5,745 ambulances during the war for the Allied Powers. Ford designed the vehicles in consultation with the U.S. Surgeon General's Office and frontline ambulance drivers.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
17 July 1918
Subject Date
17 July 1918
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.833.22684
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: 8.25 in
Width: 10 in
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