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Edsel Ford, Charlie Chaplin, and Henry Ford Touring the Ford Motor Company Highland Park Plant, October 1923

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Artifact Overview

Edsel Ford (left) and Henry Ford (right) were photographed with Charles Chaplin while touring the actor-director through Ford Motor Company's Highland Park power plant in 1923. Thirteen years later, Chaplin satirized Ford's moving assembly line -- and the effects of its frantic pace on workers -- in his film Modern Times. Chaplin's pointed comedy examined the human cost of mass production.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

October 1923

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1660.P.O.4144

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: 3.5 in
Width: 4.5 in

Edsel Ford, Charlie Chaplin, and Henry Ford Touring the Ford Motor Company Highland Park Plant, October 1923