8th Annual Kiwanis Ski Club Tournament, Iron Mountain, Michigan, February 1941
THF272302 / 8th Annual Kiwanis Ski Club Tournament, Iron Mountain, Michigan, February 1941
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Artifact Overview
Skiers at a tournament near Iron Mountain, Michigan, made a fine backdrop for this 1941 Mercury station wagon. Ford Motor Company built wood bodies for Ford and Mercury station wagons at a factory in Iron Mountain until 1952, when the automaker adopted all-steel wagon bodies.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
09 February 1941
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.833.P.74999.E
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: 8.25 in
Width: 11 in
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In pursuit of self-sufficient automobile manufacture, Henry Ford and Ford Motor Company purchased over 313,000 acres of timberland for logging in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. A massive sawmill complex and powerful hydroelectric plant were constructed at Iron Mountain. Here, sawmill workers produced huge quantities of lumber for wooden automobile framework, floorboards, and wheels.