Women Workers at Lincoln Motor Company Plant, Assembly of Liberty Engines, 1917-1918
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Artifact Overview
During World War I, American women stepped into jobs traditionally held by men. Women were an important part of the wartime workforce at Lincoln Motor Company. Henry Leland formed Lincoln in 1917 to manufacture Liberty aircraft engines for the Allied Powers. Lincoln employees built 6,500 engines during the war. Packard, Ford, Marmon, Buick, and Cadillac produced Liberty engines too.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1917-1918
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.145
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: 5 in
Width: 7 in
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