Ford Motor Company Branch in Walkerville, Ontario, Canada, 1928

THF299787 / Ford Motor Company Branch in Walkerville, Ontario, Canada, 1928
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Artifact Overview

Ford established Ford Motor Company of Canada in 1904. The Canadian subsidiary set up operations in a former wagon works in Walkerville, Ontario, near Windsor and across the Detroit River from Detroit, Michigan. In 1953, the post-World War II boom prompted Ford to relocate its Canadian headquarters and assembly facilities to Oakville, Ontario, on Lake Ontario's western shore.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

circa 1928

Subject Date

circa 1928

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1660.766

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: 3.5 in
Width: 5.5 in