Ford Motor Company Tugboat "Buttercup" near Houghton, Michigan, circa 1928

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Artifact Overview

Henry Ford sited his new manufacturing complex on the newly dredged River Rouge to accommodate ships bringing in raw materials or taking on finished product for delivery. Desiring complete self-sufficiency at the Rouge, Ford assembled his own fleet of cargo carriers, ocean freighters, barges, tugboats and canal boats. This photograph shows one of Ford Motor Company's tugboats, Buttercup, in Lake Superior.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

circa 1928

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

00.1334.141

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

Inscriptions

Name embossed into lower left corner: E. V. BUTLER / HOUGHTON, MICH.
Ford Motor Company Tugboat "Buttercup" near Houghton, Michigan, circa 1928