Detroit Red Wings Player and Ford Employee Syd Howe, August 1944

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Artifact Overview

Canadian Syd Howe played in the National Hockey League for 17 seasons from 1929 to 1946. He spent most of his career playing left wing for the Detroit Red Wings, winning three Stanley Cup championships with that team. This photo was taken while Howe was employed in the tool-and-die building at Ford Motor Company's Rouge plant in Dearborn, Michigan.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

03 August 1944

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

64.167.833.P.80420.159

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: 10.875 in
Width: 8.063 in