Nursery at Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, March 1945

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Artifact Overview

In 1915, Henry Ford funded a new hospital for Detroit. Designed and built in consultation with leading medical experts, Henry Ford Hospital employed salaried doctors and charged low, fixed fees to patients. By Mr. Ford's death in 1947, some 1,600 people were on the hospital's staff and more than $16.5 million had been invested in the facility.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

29 March 1945

Creators

Place of Creation

Collection Title

General Photographs Series

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.833.P.81514.7

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: 8.063 in
Width: 10.875 in

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