Office Area in the Ford Rouge Plant Administration Building, Dearborn, Michigan, 1945
THF96094 / Office Area in the Ford Rouge Plant Administration Building, Dearborn, Michigan, 1945
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Artifact Overview
From the late 1800s through the 1950s, open plan work environments were typical. Most workers sat in long rows of desks that filled large hallways. Ford Motor Company used an open plan to accommodate its growing staff in 1945. Henry Ford II, who assumed the presidency from his ailing grandfather that year, modernized Ford with a corporate structure modeled after General Motors.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
10 December 1945
Subject Date
10 December 1945
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
P.833.82320.99
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: 10.938 in
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In 1891, Henry Ford left his small lumber business to work for the Edison Illuminating Company in Detroit. He was hired on by the general manger, Charles Phelps Gilbert (pictured here). Ford's work impressed his superiors, and by early 1894 he was promoted to chief engineer. While working at the Edison Illuminating Company, Ford also built his first horseless carriage, the Quadricycle.