Automatic Gravity Conveyor Used during Helmet Painting Process, Ford Motor Company Philadelphia Plant, 1917-1918
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Artifact Overview
When the United States entered World War I, American automobile companies turned some of their manufacturing capacity to the production of war materiel. Ford Motor Company received a contract to paint, assemble, and crate steel helmets for American soldiers. Altogether, Ford's Philadelphia plant processed more than 2.7 million helmets at a rate as high as 40,000 each day.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
circa 1918
Creators
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.140
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7.5 in
Width: 11 in
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