Ford Motor Company Rouge Plant, Workers on Final Automobile Assembly Line, 1934

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Artifact Overview

The Ford building at the 1933-1934 Chicago World's Fair was lined with photomurals depicting Ford Motor Company's River Rouge Complex, the largest, most efficient manufacturing complex of its time. The murals were enlargements of photographs taken by George Ebling, Ford's chief photographer for the exposition. His depictions of modern industrial production exemplified the fair's Century of Progress theme.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

1934

Subject Date

1934

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1660.P.189.11057

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: 7.5 in
Width: 11.5 in