Stamping Presses in the Ford Plant in Buffalo, New York, April 1952
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Artifact Overview
Ford Motor Company opened a stamping plant in Buffalo, New York, in 1950. The facility produced sheet metal stampings and welded sub-assembly components for other Ford factories. The Buffalo Stamping Plant was expanded several times over the years. By the 2020s, its floor space had doubled from an initial 1.2 million square feet to more than 2.4 million square feet.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
17 April 1952
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1660.P.833.98673.1
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: 7.75 in
Width: 9.5 in
Inscriptions
caption:
Huge presses give flat steel sheets the flowing contours and distinctive lines which mark the modern automobile. (Photographed at the Buffalo, N.Y., stamping plant of Ford Motor Company.)---FROM NEWS DEPARTMENT Ford Motor Company DEARBORN, MICHIGAN
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