Plexiglas and Plastic Models Used at the Willow Run Bomber Plant, February 1944

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Artifact Overview

The American automobile industry's greatest contribution to the World War II effort, apart from the sheer scale of its work, was its technical expertise in quantity manufacturing. Automakers refined the smallest details in an item to increase the speed with which it could be made. That knowledge was reflected in everything auto companies produced during the war, from helmets to helicopters.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

03 February 1944

Subject Date

03 February 1944

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.833.P.79336

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: 7.938 in
Width: 11.125 in