Aerial View of Ford Motor Company Branch in Chester, Pennsylvania, 1950

THF299856 / Aerial View of Ford Motor Company Branch in Chester, Pennsylvania, 1950
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Artifact Overview

Starting in the 1910s, Ford Motor Company established a network of domestic assembly plants near major American cities. Ford's Chester, Pennsylvania, plant opened in 1928. It was built to take over production from a smaller facility in nearby Philadelphia. Chester's civilian production paused for military work during World War II, then resumed in 1945. Ford ended operations at the plant in 1961.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

1950

Subject Date

circa 1950

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1660.P.833.91634.23

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: 8.1875 in
Width: 10 in