Aerial View of Ford Motor Company Branch in L'Anse, Michigan, January 30, 1924

THF299777 / Aerial View of Ford Motor Company Branch in L'Anse, Michigan, January 30, 1924
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Artifact Overview

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. Ford established several remote milling sites, including this one at L'Anse on Keweenaw Bay. Lumber produced here was shipped to a plant at Iron Mountain and made into parts for Ford automobiles.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

30 January 1924

Subject Date

30 January 1924

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.833.P.36829

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: 7.5 in
Width: 10.875 in