Employees Operating New Machinery in the Plastic Building at the Ford Motor Company Rouge Plant, November 1946

THF628828 / Employees Operating New Machinery in the Plastic Building at the Ford Motor Company Rouge Plant, November 1946 / front
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Artifact Overview

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

11 November 1946

Subject Date

11 November 1946

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.833.P.83492

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: 10.938 in

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