Ford Motor Company Visitors' Bus at the Rouge Plant, April 1940

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Artifact Overview

Ford Motor Company offered the first public tours of its Rouge factory in 1924. The popular tours stoked the fascination surrounding the plant. Special buses like this one carried visitors around the massive 1,300-acre complex. Panoramic windows along the bus's sides and roof gave passengers a fine view of the industrial spectacle.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Date Made

08 April 1940

Subject Date

08 April 1940

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.833.P.73546

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