Model T Chassis Inspection at Highland Park Plant, 1914

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Artifact Overview

Ford Motor Company opened its Highland Park plant in 1910. It was here that Ford produced most of its 15 million Model T cars, developed its moving assembly line, and instituted its Five Dollar Day. This photograph showed workers inspecting completed Model T chassis before they were loaded onto railroad boxcars for shipment.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1914

Creator Notes

Photographed by Ford Motor Company Photographic Department.

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1660.P.833.988

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

Model T Chassis Inspection at Highland Park Plant, 1914