"Ford" Sign on the Press Shop at the Ford Rouge Plant, 1939
THF133433 / "Ford" Sign on the Press Shop at the Ford Rouge Plant, 1939
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Artifact Overview
Steel-pressing operations began at Ford Motor Company's Rouge plant in 1925. By the late 1930s, some 2,500 tons of milled steel -- also produced at the Rouge -- was delivered to the press shop daily, and shop forces turned out about 112 railcars full of finished parts. Ten thousand employees stamped out more than 2,000 different parts using more than 4,000 presses.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
08 December 1939
Subject Date
08 December 1939
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.833.P.72796
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: 8.125 in
Width: 11.25 in
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