Aerial View of Ford Motor Company Branch in Yokohama, Japan, March 20, 1943
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Artifact Overview
Ford Motor Company operated sales and service branches, as well as assembly plants, in cities around the world. Ford established an assembly plant in Yokohama, Japan, in 1922. After Japan's devastating Great Kanto earthquake of 1923, workers at the Yokohama plant produced 1,000 small buses, built on Model T chassis, to restore transportation in nearby Tokyo.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
20 March 1943
Subject Date
20 March 1943
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.833.P.77615.1
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 in
Width: 10.875 in
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