Tool and Die Apprentice from China, Henry Ford Trade School, Dearborn, Michigan, 1945

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Artifact Overview

The Henry Ford Trade School, established by Henry Ford at Highland Park, Michigan, in 1916, taught students a variety of industrial trade skills like machining, metallurgy, drafting, and engine design. The school sometimes enrolled international students. Horn Yee and Sang Leong came from China to train at the school and apprentice at Ford Motor Company in 1945.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

26 February 1945

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

P.833.81383.2

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: 11 in
Width: 8.25 in