Installing Headlights on Truck, Ford Assembly Line, 1939
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Artifact Overview
Engineers at Ford's Highland Park plant had fine-tuned the moving assembly line. With this experience in hand, Ford created the "B" Building at its new River Rouge complex with extensive conveyer systems to accommodate the flow of parts and assembly processes. Here, on the final assembly line, workers install headlights on a Ford Truck.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
27 July 1939
Subject Date
27 July 1939
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.833.72145.A
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: 8 in
Width: 11 in
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