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Worker Using Johansson Gauges in Machine Shop at Ford Motor Company Plant, July 1924

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Artifact Overview

Ford Motor Company's mass production methods depended on precision parts and tooling, and precision depended on exact measurements. Accuracy was so important that Henry Ford purchased C.E. Johansson, Inc. -- a Swedish company famous for its precision measuring instruments -- in 1923. Ford moved the company, complete with founder Carl Johansson, to Dearborn, Michigan.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

31 July 1924

Subject Date

31 July 1924

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.833.P.38319

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.

Material

Linen Back
Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 11 in
Width: 7.5 in

Worker Using Johansson Gauges in Machine Shop at Ford Motor Company Plant, July 1924