Construction Progress, Ford Homes District Employee Housing, Dearborn, Michigan, June 1920

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Artifact Overview

In 1919, Edsel Ford and Ernest Liebold, Henry Ford's executive secretary, organized the Dearborn Realty and Construction Company to develop some of Henry Ford's extensive land holdings. Before the end of 1921, the company built 250 houses in what became the Ford Homes District in Dearborn, Michigan. Standardized designs and fixtures saved time and reduced construction costs in the project.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

24 June 1920

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1660.P.189.1090

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: 8.125 in
Width: 10 in

Construction Progress, Ford Homes District Employee Housing, Dearborn, Michigan, June 1920