Large Group outside the Lincoln Plant at the Acquisition of Lincoln Motor Co. by Ford Motor Co., 1922

THF626847 / Large Group outside the Lincoln Plant at the Acquisition of Lincoln Motor Co. by Ford Motor Co., 1922 / front

THF626848 / Large Group outside the Lincoln Plant at the Acquisition of Lincoln Motor Co. by Ford Motor Co., 1922 / back

Artifact Overview

Ford Motor Company purchased Lincoln Motor Company for $8 million in 1922. The deal was formalized on February 4 of that year with a ceremony at Lincoln's factory in Detroit. During the event, several people from both companies posed for a portrait outside the Lincoln plant.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

04 February 1922

Creators

Ford Motor Company. Photographic Department

Collection Title

Photographic Vertical File Series

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1660.P.833.32569

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: 8.125 in
Width: 10 in

Keywords	United States, Michigan, Detroit Photographic prints Photographs Group portraits Automobile industry Automobile industry executives Consolidation and merger of corporations Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 Ford, Edsel, 1893-1943 Leland, Henry Martyn, 1843-1932 Leland, Wilfred C. (Wilfred Chester), 1869-1958 Ford Motor Company. Lincoln Motor Company Lincoln Motor Company (Detroit, Mich.)

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