Ford Motor Company Executives inside Ford M-4 Tank, Highland Park Plant, 1942
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Artifact Overview
Ford Motor Company repurposed its assembly lines to meet military manufacturing needs during World War II. The last peacetime automobile rolled out of Ford's massive River Rouge plant in 1941, and focus shifted to the wartime production of aircraft engines and military vehicles. The Rouge manufactured M-4 tanks through 1943 and continued producing M-4 engines and armor plates until war's end.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
13 May 1942
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.833.76760.26
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: 10.25 in
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